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PODCAST: Zac Neel of DucksWire Joins For Oregon Football Spring Takeaways

Max Torres Author Profileby: Max Torres05/01/25mtorressports
Kenyon Sadiq
Tight end Kenyon Sadiq hurdles a defender in the Oregon spring game. (Photo by: Steven Chan/ScoopDuckOn3)

Oregon’s spring game drew nearly 40,000 fans to Autzen Stadium in Eugene, as we got a closer look at what Dan Lanning and the Ducks have in store for the 2025 college football season.

On this episode on the Ducks Dish Podcast, ScoopDuck’s Max Torres sits down with Zac Neel of USA Today’s DucksWire to discuss takeaways from Oregon spring football practice. Oregon may be lacking starting experience, but Will Stein’s quarterback room is still one of the better ones in the country with four scholarship quarterbacks in Dante Moore, Austin Novosad, Luke Moga and Akili Smith Jr. Moore and Novosad are clearly at the top of the depth chart, but Moga and Smith also showed promise. Moga has clearly taken a step in his development, while Smith looked poised and collected in his first taste of college football.

Max and Zac also discuss Oregon’s young, but talented secondary. Rashad Wadood and Chris Hampton lose all of their starters from a season ago, but there’s a lot of promising options to piece together. Fortunately they have a couple of experienced transfers in Theran Johnson and Dillon Thieneman to raise the floor of the group. But how much will be see of true freshmen 5-stars Trey McNutt and Na’eeem Offord?

Hopping back to the offense, the Ducks should field another talented offensive line, but just because you have top transfer portal prospects doesn’t promise anything. A’lique Terry has proven himself to be one of the best and brightest offensive line coaches in college football, but if the 2024 season taught us anything it’s that there are more than likely to be some bumps in the road along the way.

And lastly, Oregon has another embarrassment of riches in Ra’Shaad Samples’ running back room and the Ducks are doing all they can to secure a commitment from 4-star Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei wide receiver Kayden Dixon-Wyatt on Sunday.

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