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.
So far this offseason, we’ve broken down the future of the Quarterbacks, Running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, and offensive line. Now let’s focus on the defensive secondary.
The Oregon Ducks have found a lot of success over the past two years when it comes to landing a high-end cornerback out of the transfer portal. Whether it was Christian Gonzalez or Khyree Jackson, Dan Lanning and Demetrice Martin have consistently identified lock-down players who could help their defense instantly for a season before going off to the NFL.
They might not need to do that this offseason.
While there is a hole to fill at the CB1 spot in Eugene with Jackson leaving for the professional level, a belief resides that the Ducks will look at one of their home-grown players to step into that role rather than relying on the transfer portal once again. Of course, if the right person jumps into the portal that the Ducks feel can make them better, I believe they would take a swing, but the talent currently exists on the roster to have Oregon’s secondary as good as we’ve seen in years.
With NFL Draft decisions, impending transfers, and incoming freshmen, here’s a glance at the outlook for cornerbacks going into next season: