April 21, 2026
By Zachary Neel, Ducks Wire: With Dan Lanning at the helm, the Oregon Ducks have been one of the best recruiting machines in the college football world, stacking up top-five classes just about every year now. However, their elite recruiting has not always lent itself to the quarterback position, where the highest-rated prospect they’ve landed from the high school ranks is 4-star Akili Smith Jr., the No. 201 player in the 2025 class.
While Oregon has done just fine at the position, led by elite transfers like Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, and Dante Moore, it appears they’ve now set their sights on a high school prospect they’re shoving all their chips on.
That prospect is 5-star quarterback Will Mencl, the No. 1-rated QB in the 2027 class, per On3.
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