Snap-Count Takeaways: Biggest notes from Oregon’s usage report vs. Hawaii

The RB split becomes more clear, Cole Martin displays his versatility, and Kris Hutson makes his 2023 season debut. Our snap-count takeaways for Week 3.

Once again on Saturday night, the Oregon Ducks took a big lead early over a Group of Five school and spent much of the second half getting young players incredibly valuable game minutes inside Autzen Stadium.

You know what that means. … It’s time for some snap-count takeaways.

While we often look at the Oregon Ducks usage report throughout the season to find some nuggets of information, it is after blowout games like this that  we find it most useful. With the Ducks using 72 players on Saturday night, it gave us a good sense of who is getting rotation minutes and who still has work to do to gain the trust of the coaching staff.

Without further ado, here are our snap-count takeaways from Week 3:

Snap Count Takeaways: Biggest notes from Oregon’s usage report in season-opener

The snap counts are here for Oregon’s season-opener vs. Portland State. Here are our biggest takeaways.

A lot of questions were answered in the Oregon Ducks season-opening win against the Portland State Vikings on Saturday, but one of the most valuable bits of information we get after Week 1 comes after the game.

I am always excited to look at the usage report following the first contest of the year to get a sense of the snap counts that each player tallied during the matchup.

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With new faces across the roster, and a load of players getting onto the field, it finally gives us a great opportunity to look at who plays, what the depth chart might look like, and which guys are getting the biggest opportunities.

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We know the guys who started and played the most on Saturday in the 81-7 win over Portland State, but now we get to see how much some of the young guys played as well.

Here are the snap counts for Week 1, and some major takeaways from the numbers: