EUGENE -- The Elite 11 camp for the top high school quarterbacks ran July 5-6 at Nike's headquarters near Beaverton, and three players with Oregon Ducks ties competed and drew praise and critiques from national recruiting analysts who watched the competition.

Recent Ducks commitment Travis Waller from Anaheim, Calif., joined UO targets Deondre Francois, from Bradenton, Fla., and Sam Darnold, of San Clemente, Calif., among the top 19 high school quarterbacks.

Elite 11 serves as the opening act to The Opening, Nike's elite camp for 162 of the nation's best players, which is also held at Nike's headquarters. The Oregonian will be covering The Opening all week, including a focus on Ducks recruits and targets (rosters and schedules can be found here).

For these three specific Ducks recruits, however, here's what other analysts were saying:



On Oregon commit Travis Waller:



"The one big concern about Waller is his elongated throwing motion. He'll need to work to tighten that up but the ball sure comes out with some velocity and he had some of the day's best throws. That's Waller in a nutshell: high risk, high reward." -- Barton Simmons, 247Sports.com



"On the opposite end of the most compact stroke was Oregon commit Travis Waller. The No. 141-ranked Waller showed the longest and slowest release of all the signal callers on hand." -- Gerry Hamilton, ESPN.com







On Oregon recruit Deondre Francois:



"Arm strength is what you see right away. The ball got on the wideouts quickly and at times, caught them off guard. He has a short, quick release and he was sharp on short, intermediate, and deeper balls." -- Chad Simmons, Scout.com



"Francois had a good morning at the Elite 11 but we really woke up to his day in the afternoon. The uncommitted four-star put together a flurry of big-time throws and showed a live arm." -- Barton Simmons, 247Sports.com



"Deondre Francois and No. 67 Brandon Wimbush worked in the same group and took reps back-to-back for much of the two hours. Arguably the two best arms on hand, the ball was hot coming out of each quarterbacks hand with Wimbush showing more accuracy in the intermediate game." -- Gerry Hamilton, ESPN.com

On Oregon recruit Sam Darnold:



"Any question about whether Darnold would be nervous or slow to get in the groove today were shot down early. Not only did Darnold flash his functional athleticism in limited opportunities under created duress, but he received praise from a number of instructors for his delivery and accuracy." -- Gerry Hamilton, ESPN.com

"Darnold is much closer to (Blake) Barnett than people realize. They're both big kids that have major athletic upside and Darnold is proving that he's got the arm to match the best in Oregon as well." -- Barton Simmons, 247Sports.com

-- Andrew Greif | @andrewgreif