It has been a hectic and stressful few days for Oregon fans waiting on the Dakota Prukop decision.

The FCS transfer finally made his decision public on Tuesday afternoon. DuckTerritory followed up with Prukop to gain some insight on what led to his decision to enroll at Oregon next season.

"The biggest two reasons were meeting the team and getting to know some of the guys I would be there to compete with," Prukop said. "The caliber of athletes and the caliber of the their character really stood out to me at Oregon. I spent the last two weeks building a relationship with them and getting to know them. I spent time with Vernon Adams and Matt Hegarty while I was there and their experience from transferring. All of those things weighed deep in my decision."

What has to be the craziest part of the story is the gamble Mark Helfrich took.

"I was there at Oregon and I had not decided if I was going to visit Alabama or not. I actually asked Mark Helfrich if I should and he looked me right in the eyes and said I should. He said he had enough trust in me to take the visit and be absolutely sure. I was ready to commit while I was at Oregon. In fact, if he had told me to pick committing or taking the trip, I probably would have committed. But him having that much trust in me is probably the biggest reason I picked Oregon today."

Prukop plans to visit his week long stay in Hawaii. After that trip he will know when he makes it to Eugene.

"Right now I'm shooting for Jan. 4 and I think it's a great chance I make it. If not, I'll get there just before Spring ball starts worst case."

Despite picking Oregon, Prukop said he nearly picked Alabama following that visit.

"I did, I almost picked Alabama. I went back and forth for a while. The offense didn't make any difference to me. It was about the people and the coaches. I consider myself a trailblazer, I helped my coach in high school raise our football program there. Part of why I picked Oregon is I want to be the guy that comes and does what no one else has done before. And that's win a national championship."

