The Ducks are entering the final stretch of the season with two regular season games left. With six wins, the Ducks will play in a bowl game which gives Oregon one more game, for a total of three games remaining.

College football added a new wrinkle this season with the ability for players to participate in up to four games without burning their redshirt year. This new rule change allows expanded rosters, experience for true freshman, and the ability for players to maintain their reshirt in case of early season injury.

True freshman lineman Steven Jones was called into action with the injury to fellow freshman Penei Sewell and played his fifth game this season against Utah. With Jones appearing in five games, he becomes the eighth true freshman to play in at least five games this season.

So with only three games left, the Ducks have eight players on the roster who still have a redshirt option left and have yet to appear in a game. All eight of the players are freshman with three on the offensive line, two wide receivers, two linebackers and one tight end. With a large number of offensive lineman on the roster, the Ducks haven't used Chris Randazzo, Dawson Jaramillo or Justin Johnson this season. Justin Johnson has been sidelined in practice with a injury much of the fall. Jaramillo did travel with the Ducks to their last road trip to Arizona but did not see game action, but with his redshirt still an option, he can enter a game without burning his extra year of eligibility.

Wide receivers JJ Tucker and Isaah Crocker and tight end Spencer Webb have also not entered a game this season. Webb did travel with the team down to Cal, though he did not play. Linebacker Andrew Johnson arrived in Eugene late due to a knee injury and has missed the majority of the fall practices but is now working with the team. Before the season Cristobal said Johnson was likely to redshirt due to his injury. Linebacker MJ Cunningham was another player that arrived in Eugene banged up from high school injury but has practiced with the Ducks throughout the season.

Aside from those eight players, the Ducks have a number of other players that have not appeared in five games and still could redshirt.

Two players to appear in four games for the Ducks are sophomore safety Billy Gibson and senior wide receiver Tabari Hines. Both players appeared in four of the first five games, with no snaps played against Stanford. Tabari Hines, a Wake Forest graduate transfer, missed some of fall camp with a knee injury and Cristobal noted that mid-season that he was recovering from an injury. If either player appears in one of the Ducks final three games, it will burn their redshirt, and for Hines, end his college career.

Oregon has four players that have appeared in three games, three of them true freshman. The Ducks used cornerback Verone McKinley, wide receiver Bryan Addison and cornerback Steve Stephens in the first three games of the season but all three have not seen the field since. Oregon was asked about Addison and Cristobal said that he was dealing with an "in-team suspension" though he has been back at practice in the past few days.

At the back up quarterback spot, Braxton Burmeister has appeared in three games while Tyler Shough has appeared in two. The Ducks can play Burmeister one more time and Shough twice more and preserve both quarterbacks redshirt availability.

Another Oregon player that has appeared in two games this season in running back Darrian Felix. Felix has been out of practice with a leg injury that has likely ended his season. Defensive lineman Andrew Faoliu first appeared in the Ducks road game at Arizona in place of his brother Austin Faoliu. The lineman was also used against Utah.

4 Games

Billy Gibson

Tabari Hines

3 Games

Steve Stephens

Bryan Addison

Verone McKinley

Braxton Burmeister

2 Games

Darrian Felix

Tyler Shough

Andrew Faoliu

No Games - Can Automatically Redshirt

Isaah Crocker

JJ Tucker

Spencer Webb

Dawson Jaramillo

Chris Randazzo

Justin Johnson

MJ Cunningham

Andrew Johnson