Oregon Ducks inside linebacking corps returns most top end talent in Pac-12
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 31, 2021
Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell (1) celebrates a tackle with Isaac Slade-Matautia (41) as the No. 12 Oregon Ducks take on the Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-12 football season opener at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Photo by Sean Meagher/StaffSean Meagher/Staff
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We’re taking a look at each position group as Oregon prepares to open spring practice on April 1. The eighth of a 10-part series looks at the inside linebackers.
EUGENE With nearly the entire position group back from last season and another blue chip recruit added, Oregon’s inside linebackers are the deepest group on the entire defense.
What Mario Cristobal said after Oregon’s first spring practice
Updated 12:54 PM;
Mario Cristobal recapped the first of 15 spring practices this afternoon.
Below are live updates from Cristobal’s press conference. A full transcript will follow.
MARIO CRISTOBAL Notes the wins by track and field, men’s and women’s basketball, softball, volleyball, baseball, acro & tumbling, soccer. “We look more explosive” with gains in size and muscle mass. Want to be more disruptive on defense, create competition throughout roster Most early enrollees of his tenure at UO Chris Randazzo, Sampson Niu and Jonah Tauanu’u have all medically retired
Oregon Ducks offensive linemen Jonah Tauanu’u, Chris Randazzo, linebacker Sampson Niu medically retire
Updated 1:11 PM;
EUGENE Three Oregon players have medically retired and are no longer with the program.
Offensive linemen Chris Randazzo and Jonah Tauanu’u and inside linebacker Sampson Niu all medically retired, Oregon coach Mario Cristobal announced Thursday.
Randazzo, a redshirt-sophomore, opted out of the 2020 season. A former three-star signee in 2018, Randazzo played in one game, against Nevada in 2019, during his two seasons at UO.
Niu, a senior, did not play last season and his mother passed away in January. He had 65 career tackles in 33 career games.