DJ Uiagelelei who?

Well maybe not exactly but you get my point. With Clemson landing the 5-Star quarterback on Sunday, the Ducks are back to the drawing board. But not necessarily from scratch.

As you can see below from Chance Hudson, father of Keyon Ware-Hudson (Oregon signee) and Kyron Ware-Hudson (2021 WR Target), the Ducks are back at Mater Dei (Calif.) and could be working on one heckuva contingency plan.

Oregon is targeting current USC commit Bryce Young along with other quarterbacks. Sources tell us while Young is committed to USC, there is consistent two-way dialogue between Oregon and the star quarterback.

The star from Mater Dei is one of the elite quarterbacks nationally. He’s currently the No. 33 ranked player nationally and the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback, only 5 spots away from 5-Star status. Remember these are the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Alabama, Miami and UCLA are a few of the programs continuing to recruit the elite quarterback despite his commitment along with the Ducks. Steve Sarkisian flew in from Alabama to visit Young at his high school recently in the Spring evaluation period as have others.

Oregon has had great success at Mater Dei since Mario Cristobal’s arrival. Keyon Ware-Hudson, Mase Funa and Sean Dollars all signed with Oregon in ‘19 from Mater Dei.

Mario Cristobal has no fear of recruiting committed players, even ones committed to USC. This type of aggressive recruiting style keeps the Ducks in the game for a number of players that might have second thoughts or even see coaching changes before signing day.

Young is a caliber of quarterback to help with ‘CaliFlock’ recruiting efforts as well if Oregon could flip him. But to cover my bases, I’m not saying a flip is coming or anything more. Merely that there is dialogue between the two sides currently as sources have indicated and judging from this tweet from Chance Hudson, there might just be some smoke coming from Santa Ana.

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