Tag: Ducks Recruiting

Offensive lineman Kelvin Banks, Jr. commits to Texas

Offensive lineman Kelvin Banks, Jr. decommits from Oregon and announces he will stay close to home and sign with Texas.

With Mario Cristobal leaving the Oregon Ducks for the Miami Hurricanes, some of his recruits are bound to change their mind and go elsewhere.

Kelvin Banks, Jr. was one of those recruits.

One of the top offensive linemen in the country, the five-star recruit, who is listed at 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, opted to stay close to his Humble, Texas home and commit to the Texas Longhorns.

Banks was going to help the Oregon Class of 2022 be one of its best ever, but instead, that class is in flux with Cristobal leaving. It was thought that Banks might follow the former Ducks coach to South Beach, but that turned out not to be the case.

With the early period signing day being Dec. 15, the sooner Oregon hires a coach to salvage this class the better. Banks became the 11th player to de-commit and the fourth to do so since Cristobal changed locations.

Kelly Graves lands 4-star recruit Amari Whiting for 2023 class

Kelly Graves landed his first recruit in the 2023 class as four-star point guard Amari Whiting has committed to the Ducks.

Recruiting never stops and Kelly Graves has been busy. He was able to land his first recruit in the Class of 2023 as guard Amari Whiting has committed to play for the Ducks.

Whiting is from Burley, Idaho and was considering nearly every school on the west coast, including Arizona, BYU, Stanford, Utah, and UCLA before settling on Oregon.

The 5-foot-10 point guard is already one of the best in the country as she enters her junior season this year. ESPN grades her out like this:

Quick floor-leader with a scorer’s mentality; smooth off the dribble, displays mid-range game with a feathery touch, drains shots beyond the arc; weaves through the defense, finishes plays in traffic.

When she steps foot on the Oregon campus, Te-Hina Paopao will be a senior, and Whiting will have a great mentor going forward.