Oregon's 2012 football recruits.
The list is notable in that three are from Oregon and four hail from Texas. A sprinkling of other states are represented besides California, which has long been Oregon's prime recruiting territory.
Oregon is truly in the national picture now. One of the Texas kids said he was impressed with Oregon's nationally ranked broadcast journalism school.
See, some of these kids have their priorities in order. All of them think about landing in the NFL one day, but the smart ones are realistic and know they have a real educational opportunity that they can take advantage of in case their initial dreams are shot down.
The Willie Lyles imbroglio didn't seem to harm this top 20 class, nor did the threat of Chip Kelly leaving for the NFL turn off the early commits.
In fact, Oregon's lone 5 star blue chip recruit, Arik Armstead, said Kelly's humor and honesty during a home visit last week sold him on the program.
The football fan inside me goes into hibernation now. It'll revive in April when spring practice begins.
With this group and last year's, Oregon is destined to continue its on field success in the immediate future.
TS
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