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Where Oregon Ducks who entered the transfer portal ended up

There have been over 30 former Ducks that have entered the transfer portal since the 2022 season. Here’s where they ended up.

Whenever a coaching change occurs, players tend to hit the transfer portal as hard as a receiver crossing the middle.

Oregon isn’t any different, though the mass exodus was more of a slow burn across a year, rather than something more immediate like we’ve seen with Deion Sanders at Colorado.

Since the hiring of Dan Lanning, almost half of the roster entered the transfer portal, and most have found nice landing spots for themselves. Some have even stayed in the Pac-12.

But almost as soon as former Ducks transferred out, plenty of players in that same portal were looking to replace them. The line of potential Ducks is as long as those who left Eugene.

Here we look at recent players who were once Ducks and where they happened to find themselves for the 2023 season. Some are still looking for a destination for the next season. Some followed former offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State and some have even gone to UCLA and play for Chip Kelly.

Here are the Ducks to enter the transfer portal in the 2023 cycle, and where they are now:

Former Oregon RB/WR Seven McGee transfers to Jackson State

Oregon Ducks running back/wide receiver Seven McGee found a new home at Jackson State after about one week in the NCAA transfer portal.

After barely one week in the NCAA transfer portal, former Oregon Ducks running back/wide receiver Seven McGee has found a new home with the Jackson State Tigers, tweeting his commitment on Wednesday morning.

McGee hopped into the portal on December 5 after two seasons in Eugene, where he was used sparingly as an offensive weapon despite his speed and ability to play running back and line up out wide as a receiver.

The addition of transfer running backs Noah Whittington and Bucky Irving pushed McGee out of the backfield rotation, and Chase Cota soaked up a lot of snaps out wide alongside emerging stars Troy Franklin and Kris Hutson – keeping McGee on the sidelines for the majority of the 2022 campaign.

All told McGee saw action in 15 games with the Ducks, carrying the ball 17 times for 50 yards and a touchdown while hauling in 18 receptions for 151 yards in the air.

He’ll head to a Jackson State squad looking to rebuild in the post-Deion Sanders era after their Hall of Fame coach took a new job at Colorado.

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Former Oregon WR Seven McGee to take visit to Miami Hurricanes

Seven McGee will be taking a trip down to South Beach to see Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes.

It makes sense that the coach who brought Seven McGee to Oregon would now try to bring him to Miami as well, doesn’t it?

The Ducks saw McGee enter the transfer portal during the middle of the 2022 season, ending his run in Eugene after a season and a half. Now that McGee is searching for a new school, it looks like he’s going to be testing the waters down with Mario Cristobal, Oregon’s former head coach who recruited McGee to the Ducks.

McGee announced on Thursday that he would be taking a visit to the Hurricanes later this weekend.

At Oregon, McGee — the former No. 9 RB and No. 151 overall player in the 2021 class — never really found his fit in the offense, moving from running back to wide receiver. He ended his time with the Ducks with just 32 total touches for 215 yards and 1 touchdown.

We will see if he can find a fit in Cristobal’s offense down in Miami.

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Notable quotes from Dan Lanning as Ducks wrap up victory over California

Dan Lanning addressed the Seven McGee situation and gave an early outlook for the Colorado game on Monday night.

The Oregon Ducks are putting the final touches on a win over the California Golden Bears. It was a performance that looked good on the scoreboard — 42-24, Oregon — but left a somewhat unsatisfying taste in the mouth of Ducks players, as the team felt that they underperformed in many places on the field.

The team has now had a couple of days to address those mistakes that they made, and will look to correct them going forward as they travel to Boulder, Colorado this weekend.

Head coach Dan Lanning met with media members on Monday night to discuss where the team can get better and what they are looking for as they shift focus to the Buffaloes. Here are some of the most notable quotes from that press conference:

Seven McGee to enter transfer portal, leave the Oregon Ducks football program

We can now confirm a report that Oregon WR Seven McGee will leave the Ducks’ program and enter the transfer portal.

Ducks Wire can confirm a report that Oregon Ducks wide receiver Seven McGee has left the football program and plans to enter the transfer portal.

On3’s Matt Zenitz was the first to report the news, and I am now able to confirm with a source that this is true.

McGee has had a frustrating season in Eugene, where reports are that his usage rate in the offense was far below what he expected it to be. He had grown displeased as the season went on, and expressed that with his teammates and coaches. It ultimately led to him leaving the program and entering the transfer portal.

McGee briefly entered the transfer portal after last season, but quickly turned around and announced that he would stay in Eugene after talking with new head coach Dan Lanning.

So far this year, McGee has played in six games, catching 11 passes for 67 yards. He did not travel with the team to Berkeley this past weekend for the game against the California Golden Bears.

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Dan Lanning offers injury update on Justin Flowe, Byron Cardwell

Neither Justin Flowe or Byron Cardwell saw the field against BYU, but Lanning feels they were capable if needed.

As BYU was in warmups before the game with the Ducks, the Cougars found out they would be without their top two receivers in Puka Nacua and Gunner Romney.

But Oregon was missing plenty of starters itself. Thankfully for the Ducks, they didn’t miss a beat.

After Oregon’s 41-20 win over No. 14 BYU, head coach Dan Lanning revealed that running back Byron Cardwell, receiver Seven McGee, and linebacker Justin Flowe was held out of the contest mainly due to precautionary reasons.

“Byron (Cardwell) was day-to-day throughout practice this past week and he tested himself wanting to be able to push on Thursday,” Lanning said. “He’s a warrior wanting to go to work. (He) came out wanting to go through warm-ups and I think it was still lingering. You could see he still wasn’t 100 percent, (and we) didn’t want to jeopardize his health. In that situation, if we ask Bryon to, I promise you he would’ve and that is a great example of his character and what he is willing to do for this team.

As for Flowe, the injuries were relatively minor, and he probably could have played if necessary.

“If we had to push Justin (Flowe) and he was able to go through warm-ups today, he could’ve definitely contributed for us today and helped us,” Lanning said. “With that being said, the next guy up in both those situations, those guys prepare really hard, they earn their moments in practice, you earn the right to go play football with the way you practice, and the next guy up in both those positions did a really good job.

McGee saw some time on the field, but not nearly as much as Oregon is used to seeing its hybrid player.

“Seven (McGee) was able to go for us at times but we were in a lot of personnel groups that didn’t always put him on the field, and I think his unselfishness is a great example of Seven saying, ‘I don’t care how we do it, I just want to win the game.’”

Oregon is going to need all three players at full go as the Pac-12 season looms beginning next week at Washington State.

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With endless options, Ducks to use ‘return by committee’ method for special teams work

Oregon has an endless list of guys capable of making plays in the return game. It sounds like they will all get a shot.

In the past couple of decades of Oregon Ducks football, there have been a few players to stand out in the special teams landscape thanks to their abilities to return punts and kicks.

Guys like Cliff Harris, or Keenan Howry, or DeAnthony Thomas, or LaMichael James come to mind, all possessing blazing speed and quick agility that makes them perfectly suited for the position. It’s always one of the things that fans want to know most about a team whose roster is in the building stage — who will be the kick and punt returners?

For the Ducks in 2022, that question doesn’t have a simple answer.

“I really think that will be by committee,” said Joe Lorig, the special team’s coordinator. “You know, I think we’ve got a bunch of guys that are really capable that I’m really excited about. So yeah, not because I’m trying to hide anything just because I think it’d be by committee. I really do.”

That’s a pretty large committee. Throughout fall camp, the following players have been seen rotating through kick and punt return drills, all taking relatively equal reps for the most part:

Christian Gonazlez (Kick Return)
Kris Hutson (Kick Return/Punt Return)
Seven McGee (Kick Return/Punt Return)
Sean Dollars (Kick Return)
Jordan James (Kick Return)
Bucky Irving (Kick Return)
Byron Cardwell (Kick Return)
Noah Whittington (Kick Return)
Chase Cota (Punt Return)
Josh Delgado (Punt Return)

The rotation of these players could be sporadic as well. Lorig clarified that he could foresee multiple players fielding kicks and punts in a single game, and it won’t always change on a week-by-week basis.

“Even within the game, whatever, who’s the most fresh? Who’s hot that day?” Lorig said. “You know, that kind of thing. I really feel like we have a number of guys in both those areas that are that can be pretty effective, depending on the situation.”

One has to wonder if that list will get trimmed down as the season goes on and the team finds a select number of players they feel comfortable with. To start, though, as a new coach on the staff, Lorig wanted to get a wide range of guys who could bring something to the table.

“I didn’t look at anything that anybody had done before,” Lorig said. “You just kind of know by the position that they play. And then talk to him. You know, do you guys want to return kicks, you wanna return punts?”

That question of ‘Do you want to return kicks?’ is often dangerous though, and Lorig may need to be careful of who is in earshot when he asks it. If a group of defensive linemen is nearby, the answer is going to be an emphatic yes.

“I’m pestered every day by all the defensive linemen, all the linebackers, everybody wants to be the kick returner and punt returner. So, yeah, most of them are just joking around but yeah, everybody wants to do it. But we’re gonna put people on the field that, number one we trust are gonna own the ball and put us in good situations and then number two that can make plays for us.”

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Seven McGee talks about his new position and shares his excitement for Oregon’s new offense

Oregon Ducks wide receiver Seven McGee discussed his new position, his spring performance, and Kenny Dillingham’s offense on Wednesday.

The Oregon Ducks head into their first official practice of the 2022 season on Friday, led by a new head coach as well as new coordinators, a new (yet to fully be determined) quarterback, and lots of new talent at the other skill positions as well.

It’s going to be a preseason with more intrigue than nearly ever before thanks to all the changes taking place in Eugene – changes that aren’t just new faces.

Seven McGee spent last season as a reserve running back on the depth chart, racking up 14 carries for 61 yards and a touchdown, along with seven receptions for 84 yards across eight appearances.

This year he’ll transition to playing the wide receiver position, however, and he spent time during Wednesday’s media day discussing how the transition has gone.

He also shared his thoughts on the new offense, new offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, and the battle to be Oregon’s starting quarterback this season. Here is a collection of his best quotes from the day:

Ducks Wire Player of the Game: WR Dont’e Thorton steals the show

Dont’e Thornton’s 116 yards and two-touchdown performance earned him our MVP nod for the Spring Game.

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Oregon’s receiving corps is very talented and very deep. The only thing they are lacking is experience.

During this spring camp, new head coach Dan Lanning was looking for someone in that group to step up in a leadership role on and off the field. According to several people in the know, that player turned out to be sophomore Dont’e Thornton.

The 6-foot-5, 200-pounder was the logical choice to be that guy to step up after making a leap in the Alamo Bowl last season. Thornton proved that wasn’t some fluke and showed how much he has improved with a stellar Spring Game.

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Although he caught just three passes, Thornton led the team with 116 yards and two touchdowns, one for 39 yards, the other for 70 yards. He showed that he can be that deep threat Oregon has been lacking for quite some time.

There were a number of candidates for our Ducks Wire Player of the Game award on Saturday. Seven McGee also accumulated 116 yards receiving and a TD, while Chase Cota was able to finish up with an even 100 yards on some impressive catches. Over on the defensive side of the ball, DJ Johnson was an absolute monster, racking up 7 total tackles, 5 TFL, and 4 sacks, while Trikweze Bridges had a 42-yard pick-six to open the second half.

In the end, though, there was no player who quite impressed us as much as Thornton did. In a stacked WR room, it looks like he might have the ability to stand apart. Let’s hope this is the first of many DWPOG awards he sees.

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Highlights: Ducks’ offense flies under new Oregon offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham

Did you miss the Ducks’ spring game? We’ve got all of your highlights right here. Settle in, there are a lot.

From the very start of the game, Oregon Duck fans had to know that they were in for quite a show.

With Bo Nix and the yellow team on the field to kick off the annual spring game, things started with a bang as Seven McGee hauled in a 70-yard pass on the first play from scrimmage, leaving the crowd in a frenzy.

A couple of plays later, McGee had a nice one-handed TD grab that kick off the scoring, and the Ducks were off to the races.

We knew that the offense that Kenny Dillingham was bringing to Oregon was going to be more explosve than we’ve seen under previous coaches, but until Saturday, it was hard to know just what we were in for.

After a 31-21 final in the spring game, plus 611 yards of total offense on the day, fans should now have good idea of just what the Ducks are going to be able to do on that side of the ball this year.

If you missed the game, here are some of the highlights that took place throughout the day: