The 2023 season is now behind us, and while there is still a bowl game to be played — The Fiesta Bowl vs. The Liberty Flames — Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are working hard on the construction of their roster and hitting the transfer portal in attempts to formulate what this team will look like going into the 2024 season, the team’s first year in the Big Ten Conference. While they work on bringing new players in via the transfer portal, we want to look at the future breakdown of each position, detailing current players on the roster, incoming recruits, and potential targets on the market right now. Earlier this week, we broke down the future of the quarterback position, and took a look at the wide receiver room in 2024. Now let’s focus on the running backs.
One of the traits of a good team is depth and the reality that you don’t need to go into the transfer portal every year for a potential starter. Oregon went this route last season as the Ducks had a new coach and new system and they hit the jackpot twice with Bucky Irving and Noah Whittington.
While that is where Dan Lanning currently stands with his roster, it doesn’t mean they don’t have an eye on the portal for potential additions that can be made.
With Irving leaving for the NFL and Whittington coming off injury, the Ducks might go into the portal for depth purposes. Currently, the Ducks have a number of incredibly talented players in their RB room, all of whom were highly-rated recruits, and provide a high ceiling going forward. There are some veterans with experience, like Noah Whittington and Jordan James, and also some young studs who are threatening to break out at any moment, like Jayden Limar and Dante Dowdell.
There’s also one RB in Oregon’s 2024 class, and potentially another one joining over the next couple of weeks as well. Let’s look at the full RB breakdown for the Ducks and see what the state of the position is going forward.