The Oregon Duck football program has added a verbal commitment from a walk-on kicker to the 2020 recruiting class.

Senior kicker Race Mahlum announced on Twitter Monday evening he has elected to commit to the Oregon program and walk-on for next football season. Mahlum played his prep football at Southern California high school powerhouse Mater Dei. This is the same high school that's produced current Duck freshmen like Andrew and Austin Faoliu, Keyon Ware-Hudson, Mase Funa, and Sean Dollars.

The Ducks also have a verbal commitment from 2021 four-star athlete Kyron Ware-Hudson.

As a senior, Mahlum served as the Monarchs' primary punter, place-kicker, and kickoff specialist. He was 60 of 63 on PAT attempts this past season, made five of his six field-goal attempts, which included a long of 37 yards.

Mahlum showed off good strength in his kicks on kickoffs and punts. He averaged 62 yards on his kickoffs, which included 46 touchbacks out of 69 kickoffs. His punting was also very solid, averaging 38.3 yards per punt and pinning nine of his 23 total punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line. He posted a 67-yard punt on the final kick of his high school career.

Oregon this past season had senior Blake Maimone handle punting duties, and have rising-sophomore Tom Snee on scholarship next year for punts. Snee did not attempt any punts as a sophomore for the Ducks in 2019 and he in fact redshirted during the season. He did see action in 2018 as a true freshman for the Ducks. Oregon freshman Camden Lewis handled kickoffs last season for the Ducks, and Oregon also carried Henry Katleman and Taylor Koth as place-kickers. Lewis was in charge of all field goal and PATs for the Ducks in 2019.

The Ducks will be looking for a new punter this coming season and Mahlum will have a say in the competition, along with scholarship-sophomore punter Tom Snee.