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SIGNED: 4-star wide receiver Dillon Gresham is officially a Duck

The Oregon Ducks officially signed 4-star wide receiver Dillon Gresham, adding him to the 2024 class.

Adding wide receiver talent to the roster as been a point of emphasis for the Oregon Ducks this offseason, and they’re successfully doing so with a big-time signing on Wednesday.

4-star wide receiver Dillon Gresham put pen to paper and solidified his spot as a member of the Ducks’ 2024 class. Gresham is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 177 overall player in the 2024 class, and the No. 29 WR in the nation. He is one of two receivers in the Ducks’ recruiting class at the moment, though there is the potential that they add more.

There were initially some questions about whether or not Gresham would sign with the Ducks after he took some visits to other schools late in the process, but ultimately he ended up with the Ducks.

It feels unlikely that Gresham will have a big role as a true freshman in Eugene, seeing as there is a load of talent on the depth chart ahead of him. Going forward, though, this blue-chip WR has a bright future with the Ducks.

Here are some of Gresham’s highlights:

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Oregon’s place in recent athletic department ranking raises some questions

Oregon’s place in the athletic department power rankings took a hit following down seasons from both men’s and women’s basketball.

I think it’s pretty fair to say that fans of the Oregon Ducks think highly of themselves and the programs they root for. That’s not a bad thing, either.

For the most part, Duck fans should be incredibly proud of the teams they cheer on yearly. Consistently, they have a football team that ranks among the top 10-15 teams in the nation, sometimes better; they have a pair of basketball programs that have made multiple deep trips in the NCAA Tournament; they also have really solid baseball and softball program, and the track and field program is consistently among the best in the nation.

Behind all of that are Nike and Uncle Phil Knight, who are inarguably among the best donors in the world of college athletics.

So with all of that in mind, you would think that the Ducks have one of the top athletic departments in the Pac-12 if not the nation, right? Well, depending on how you look at things, that may not be the answer.

The past week, well-respected Mercury News columnist Jon Wilner debuted his Pac-12 athletic department power rankings. In essence, he wanted to look at which schools in the conference got the highest number of wins per dollar spent on athletics. With a focus on the “revenue sports” of football, and both men’s and women’s basketball, Wilner compared operating expenses to the number of wins across those three sports.

In his rankings, Wilner has the Ducks ranked as the No. 8 athletic department in the Pac-12, giving the following reasoning:

Football success was impressive but just short of the top tier; the Ducks didn’t qualify for the conference championship or reach the New Year’s Six. However, the twin regression by the basketball programs guided our calculation when comparing the Ducks to departments ranked above them. The more you spend, the more difficult the wins-per-dollar road becomes to navigate.

Here are my quick takeaways…