Oregon
Oregon Ducks defensive tackle Maceal Afaese medically retires
A second Oregon Geese defensive deal with is now not on the roster following a season-long foot damage.
Maceal Afaese, who missed all of final season with a left foot damage, has medically retired, in keeping with Oregon coach Dan Lanning.
Fellow former defensive deal with Sua’ava Poti, who missed final season with a proper foot damage, joined the teaching workers as a scholar assistant.
A four-star prospect out of Kapoleo, Hawaii within the class of 2020, Afaese didn’t play as a real freshman in the course of the shortened 2020 season. He performed 22 snaps over the ultimate three video games of the 2021 season whereas redshirting and made one deal with within the Alamo Bowl.
The 6-foot-4, 259-pound Afaese was coming into his fourth-year sophomore season. His departure leaves Oregon with 91 projected scholarship gamers within the fall, together with 11 inside defensive linemen, and UO now not has any fourth-year sophomores on the roster.