The Oregon Ducks prized 2018 recruiting class may soon experience a mass exodus.

Since the beginning of the recruiting cycle, Oregon pledges have added one another to a class-wide group chat, where they discuss everything from normal high school activities to their futures at Oregon to upon whom the class should be focusing their peer recruiting effort.

According to several Oregon commitments, that group chat has turned into a discussion of frustration about the lack of information concerning coach Willie Taggart's decision to remain at Oregon or accept the head coaching job at Florida State.

Several recruits have indicated they are leaning toward decommitting from Oregon regardless of Taggart's eventual decision, based on the way the situation has been handled.

The Ducks have already lost the commitment of four-star athlete Tre'Shaun Harrison and experienced the loss of a handful of potential official and unofficial visitors.

But the blow to the recruiting class could soon get much worse - regardless of what Taggart decides.

Recruits want Taggart to #DoSomething.

-- Andrew Nemec

anemec@oregonian.com

@AndrewNemec