As the 2024 Oregon Ducks football season rapidly approaches, there is no better time to leap in and learn more about the Ducks’ from an operational and schematic standpoint. Specifically on defense, the Ducks are poised to be one of the best teams in the country. A big reason why is the variety of looks they give opposing offenses.

As a mainstay on the off-season speaking and clinic circuit, coach Dan Lanning is well known for breaking down his thought process when creating a specific game plan and how he then translates that toward teaching the players through meetings and drill work in practice.

Simulated pressures have become a highly discussed topic among football coaches, media, and fans alike. A simulated pressure is simply a defensive look that creates confusion and miscommunication. It does so by mirroring a traditional blitz that sends more than four players while only sending four pass rushers and keeping coverage integrity. Lanning details why he uses simulated pressures and when to use them intently. 

Traditional blitz packages that send five, six, and sometimes seven or more players are also discussed in depth by Lanning. After spending years under coach Nick Saban at Alabama and coach Kirby Smart at Georgia, Lanning has learned from what a large faction of people believe are the best two defensive coaches in college football history.

Filled with talent at all three levels of the defense, Oregon has developed talent while adding some stellar players through the transfer portal, like Washington cornerback transfer Jabbar Muhammad. Want to know how they’ll be used this season? Give the videos above a watch.

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Oregon is off and running in the 2026 recruiting cycle. Dan Lanning and the Ducks sit atop the On3 Industry Recruiting Standings.

The latest to join the fold was Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco edge Dutch Horisk, who announced his pledge to Lanning and company on Saturday.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Horisk chose to play his college football in Eugene over opportunities from the likes of USC, Penn State, Oklahoma, Miami, Texas A&M, Utah and Tennessee among others.

Horisk visited Oregon at the end of July for the Saturday Night Live camp.

“The environment was amazing,” Horsick said following the trip. “It was different. The way I can develop as a man and player here is unbelievable. Coach Lanning, Coach Tosh and Coach Kam, I believe they can develop me into a first round draft pick.”

Horisk part of a wave of Oregon commitments

Horisk was the second commitment of the week for Oregon out the powerhouse Trinity League. He joins the nation’s No. 5 offensive tackle Kodi Greene out of rival Mater Dei.

Greene is one of four Top100 prospects in the fold for the Ducks alongside defensive lineman Tony Cumberland, running back Tradarian Ball and quarterback Jonas Williams.  Ball committed during the Saturday Night Live event and Williams did a few days after returning from home.

“Oregon has been my dream school for awhile,” Williams said at the time. “A lot of people talk highly of Oregon and it definitely lived up to that standard.”

Oregon is definitely recruiting to an incredible standard. They signed the No. 3 class per the On3 Industry in 2024. They sit at No. 5 in 2025. Nobody is off to a faster start in 2026. 

As a sophomore Horisk racked up 85 tackles including 11.5 sacks, 10 more stops for loss and five passes broken up. The On3 Industry tabs him as the nation’s No. 28 edge rusher.

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) – A potential case of tuberculosis was identified in an Oregon state prison on Friday, the Oregon Department of Corrections said on Saturday.

DOC said an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary who had been there for about four months showed symptoms of the illness.

Tuberculosis is a serious but treatable bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs and can be spread through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or sings.

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On Saturday, the inmate was taken to Salem Memorial Hospital for testing. Once that is complete, they will be moved to the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility infirmary, where they will be isolated in a negative pressure cell.

“We understand that this news is concerning, but we are taking every necessary step to manage this situation effectively,” said DOC Director Mike Reese. “Our priority is to safeguard the health and safety of everyone in our care — staff and incarcerated individuals alike. We have well-trained medical staff at every institution, and they are addressing any concerns staff or AICs have as more information becomes available.”

The Department of Corrections said they were working with the Oregon Health Authority to ensure proper isolation, infection control, testing, contact tracing and medical evaluation to take care of the sick person while protecting staff and other inmates.

DOC said full results from tests to confirm the case could take up to two weeks.

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