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Sarah Holmgren remembers asking her then 8-year-old son Chet what he wanted to be when he grew up. He said A pro basketball player, she recalled. There were long odds against that, so my husband, David, and I asked him about a back-up plan. David and I disagree on our memories of this. David remembers him saying he was going to be a pro football player. I remember him saying he was going to be an astronaut, which has worse odds than going pro. When we said that those odds were worse, he remarked with I know, so leave me alone. He s always been laser-focused on his goal.
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National signing day 2020: Meet the Oregon Ducks 2021 football recruiting class
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
EUGENE ― Oregon signed 20 players to its 2021 recruiting class, the best in program history.
The Ducks’ class is ranked atop the Pac-12 for the third straight year and No. 6 nationally in the 247Sports Composite.
Four offensive linemen, a trio of heralded receivers, three outside linebackers, pairs of tight ends, safeties and cornerbacks and an inside linebacker, defensive tackle, quarterback and running back made up the class, which has room to add between now and February’s signing period.
Here’s a look at the class, with bios courtesy of Oregon athletics: