The end of the regular season has come, and with it comes one of our favorite exercises to do — Snap Count Takeaways.
Our dive into the snap counts tapered off near the midway point of the season, but that was simply because, as the Oregon Ducks got more of a rotation of things and had their starters and second-string guys identified, there was less of a reason to deeply dive into the usage report.
Now that the season is over, though, we have a ton of numbers to parse through, and a lot of takeaways to get to. Did some of the preseason stars play as much as we expected them to? What about the freshmen, did they get the run we expected coming to Eugene? Who are some under-the-radar guys that actually got more playing time than it appeared?
We’re going to get into it all. On the year, there were a total of 909 offensive snaps for Oregon, and 816 defensive snaps. Here is your season-long usage report for the Ducks, followed by several takeaways.