Several of the top 7-on-7 football programs on the West Coast were in Oregon over the weekend for the Passing Down Northwest regional, which gave top-flight recruits a chance to take unofficial visits to Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.

Elite 7-on-7 program Ford Sports Performance (FSP), a Seattle-based team, used the trip down South to take an early morning visit to Eugene.

And the Ducks were prepared.

Despite the 8 a.m. arrival, Oregon’s coaching staff was ready to host, bringing energy and a DJ into the mix.

On Monday’s “Recruiting with Andrew Nemec" on 1080 The FAN, FSP CEO/head coach Tracy Ford joined the show to talk about an Oregon visit that went “above and beyond” even what his program has seen at Alabama, the growth and development of Ducks commit/FSP linebacker Keith Brown and Oregon’s (fast-rising) chances to land five-star wide receiver Troy Franklin.

Ford on Oregon’s energy compared to other top programs:

“Man, honestly I think they are probably a step above and beyond as far as the whole atmosphere that they bring and that energy,” he said. “You’ll be in a place like Alabama, a lot more... kind of just routine. You go to Alabama and it’s kind of routine, it’s kind of what you do. ...You come in and you see jerseys on the wall and they say, ‘Hey, the only thing different with these jerseys is these guys went first round.’ But you got to Oregon and they are just in your face, hooting and hollering. A lot of people originally thought, especially when Mario’s staff first came in, they were all fluff, all talk, not really no action. But when you rack’em and stack’em and see what they’re doing, it’s like, ‘These guys just won the Pac-12. They just won the Rose Bowl.’ So whatever they are doing it isn’t fake, it isn’t smoke and mirrors.”

Ford indicated that Oregon got a future star in Brown, the Lebanon standout and nation’s No. 4 inside linebacker in the class of 2021.

“I’ve dealt with a lot of really good linebackers," he said. "I work with some of the best linebackers in ‘The League’ - guys like Bobby Wagner, Myles Jack, K.J. Wright - so the list of linebackers we have is pretty high. Like I said - Shaq Thompson, Avery Williamson - just a ton of the top NFL linebackers. I’m going to be honest with you, I say this with no exaggeration at all, I think Keith Brown is in the boat with some of those guys that have Sunday skills. There are some kids that have Sunday skills, and at linebacker he does.”

Listen to the full interview (if embedded audio doesn’t load, click here):

-- Andrew Nemec | anemec@oregonian.com | @AndrewNemec