What cold streak? Oregon's recruiting class jumps into Top 10 nationally

July 3, 2025

By Andrew Nemec, The Sporting News via Yahoo Sports: The haters are suddenly awfully quiet about the Oregon Ducks and their 2026 recruiting class.

As recently as last week, rival fans were making jokes about “Phil Knight’s check bouncing” and arguing Dan Lanning’s infamous pool jump with now-Texas commit Richard Wesley was the beginning of a decline.

But those trolls have crawled back under the bridges from whence they came.

And Oregon is among the hottest recruiters in the country with a class that has jumped nearly 40 spots in less than a month.

What happened?

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