This week on the Oregon blog we took a look at five players (or rather, four players and one position group) who stood out through spring practices for the Ducks.

The group contained two defensive nods and three offensive nods. There was one no-brainer (quarterback Marcus Mariota) and a few backups from 2013 who could make huge impacts in 2014. And the most important standout this spring was the defensive line -- which got the nod as an entire position group after looking much improved in the Ducks' spring scrimmage.

Check out all five Oregon spring standouts here:

No. 5: WR Devon Allen

No. 4: S Erick Dargan

No. 3: QB Marcus Mariota

No. 2: RB Thomas Tyner

No. 1: The defensive line