We can all agree, Willie Taggart has had a tremendous last few weeks. After getting a little heat for only having one commit heading into the Spring game, he put those to rest with a run of 8 commits in a two-week span.The Ducks have one of the top-ranked recruiting classes in 2018 after that run. Depending on which recruiting service you look at, Oregon is anywhere from 10-13 in the nation. (11 on 247Sports, 10 on Scout, 13 on Rivals)It was nothing short of impressive.

Oregon now has commits in five different states. Six of which are at least four-stars or better.



All of this is going great. But really this started in December when Willie Taggart arrived. Pulling duty as almost a one-man band, Taggart hit the road trying to finalize a key 2017 recruiting class.



Willie Taggart started things off with an immediate commitment from Seffner (Fla.) athlete Darrian McNeal. Taggart was literally able to offer and grab a commitment from McNeal right away.



One of his biggest coups was 4-star cornerberback Thomas Graham who is already on campus and made a huge impact this Spring. It only took Taggart a few short weeks to grab a player that had Oregon high in his group. Give the previous staff some credit, but Taggart really closed this one.

Next was offering and signing Jordon Scott. This was one of those rare commits who signed without even visiting the campus. A la Ugo Amadi.

Taggart now has two major signings under his belt and it's not even January.

Next was a run of big additions. Darrian Felix jumped in the boat in early January. While the previous staff did a lot of leg work, it was Taggart and company locking him in.

Another of the early signees, Braxton Burmeister was a major flip for Oregon from Arizona. This was a 100-percent credit to the new staff.



Now Willie Taggart really went to work. In the course of a few weeks, the Ducks landed commitments from Austin Faoliu, Isaac Slade-Matautia, Cyrus Habibi-Likio, Bruce Judson, Dimitri Burch, Daewood Davis, George Moore, Jaylon Redd, Deommodore Lenoir, Billy Gibson and Cody Shear.



That's 16 commits in just over a month. Only 4 of those commits were offered by the previous staff. That is some serious work for a staff that wasn't even completed in about 6 weeks time.

Then it got even better, Willie Taggart did all of this while keeping the previous commits in tact. Then adding Royce Freeman and Darren Carrington as far as major coups. Keeping them on the team is hugely understated.

It got even better when Taggart was able to sign Scott Pagano, a major graduate transfer from Clemson.



That is three defensive lineman signed by Willie Taggart including Jordon Scott, Austin Faoliu and Scott Pagano. He literally overhauled the position within a very short period.

Right now the nation is lauding the 9 commits in the 2018 class. Which is incredibly impressive.



But take a step back and just recall what Taggart has done since his arrival.



25 commits and 1 graduate transfer since Dec. 11. All while filling out a coaching staff and running a program and a month of actual (Spring) football.

Give Willie Taggart all the credit you want for his terrific start to this 2018 class. But give him even more credit for what he's done since his arrival to Eugene.

