



Perhaps the biggest recruiting news for Oregon in this cycle is just taking shape. The Ducks are poised to receive the first official visit from yet another quarterback transfer.

Sources close to the recruitment of Blake Barnett inform DuckTerritory the former Alabama quarterback will take his first official visit to Oregon next weekend. The Ducks host Stanford on Nov. 12 in Eugene for a Pac-12 showdown.

The Ducks are no stranger to going the transfer route at quarterback. In the past two cycles Oregon has signed Vernon Adams (Eastern Washington) and Dakota Prukop (Montana State) in sequential years.

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Barnett is currently enrolled in classes at Palomar junior college in California. He is not playing football for the program. The former 5-star is on pace to graduate this Spring and enroll at the college of his choice.

Those same sources indicate Barnett plans on taking all five of his allotted official visits. However this is the only visit locked in at this time.

The former 5-star signal caller took an unofficial trip to Arizona State two weekends ago. The Sun Devils are among a number of programs showing early interest.

Cal, Washington State and Michigan State are others who have made early contact with Barnett thus far. Expect his recruitment to continue to heat up through the Winter and Spring.

Barnett was the 247Sports Composite No. 21 player coming out of high school. He was also ranked as the No. 2 pro-style passer in a loaded 2015 quarterback class.

At one point Barnett was a long-time commit to Notre Dame. Following his decommitment he visited Oregon and Alabama before picking the Tide and signing with Nick Saban.

Barnett started one game at Alabama this season and went 11 of 19 for 219 yards and 2 touchdowns. He used up his redshirt season while at Alabama.

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