At this point in the offseason, we can feel confident that the Oregon Ducks are going to add a player or two at the tight end position via the transfer portal. Going into spring ball, the Ducks had just three scholarship players in the TE room, and the top player on the depth chart — Terrance Ferguson — was just declared out for the rest of the spring season with an injury.
So what started as a position of need has now turned into a near-emergency situation for Dan Lanning and his staff.
On Saturday when talking to TE coach Drew Mehringer, he all-but confirmed that the team would look to the transfer portal to find a player or two that can contribute at the position.
“Obviously, we’re going to have to figure something out with that,” Mehringer said. “I’ve been talking with Lanning and Will [Stein] and have a really good plan going forward for that, but we’d like to get somebody else in who can help us, if you know what I mean.”
The portal officially opened again on Saturday, and a ton of players have already declared that they will be looking for a new team. While there aren’t a ton of high-end tight ends available at the moment, we went through and looked at some players who Oregon could potentially look at and try to add this offseason.
As more tight ends become available in the portal, we will keep an eye out and add them to the list.
Here are some names to know at the moment.