Oregon coaches didn’t call James Ferguson-Reynolds fake punt vs. Beavers

September 22, 2025

By Erik Skopil, Duck Territory: Dan Lanning didn’t call for a fake punt per se. Punter James Ferguson-Reynolds had the option to tuck it and run, and made that decision himself.

Facing a fourth down on No. 6 Oregon’s first series of the second half, Ferguson-Reynolds entered with the punt team with the ball on Oregon’s own 34-yard line. But the much-maligned Beaver special teams were out of sorts, and once a crease opened, the Aussie took it, racing downfield for a 21-yard scamper punctuated by a slide out of bounds.

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Instincts and circumstances led James Ferguson-Reynolds to tuck it on fake punt

Oregon's fake punt wasn't called, punter James Ferguson-Reynolds says. He read the OSU defense, took the ball and ran it.

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