REPORT: Oregon Ducks hot streak set to continue with elite defender

Now, the Oregon Ducks are playing really well.

The Dan Lanning program signed the highest-rated recruiting class in program history (ranked No. 3 nationally), won the Fiesta Bowl, and is off to a great start in the 2025 cycle. They also got an impressive group of transfer portal players.

De La Salle (California) four-star defensive lineman Matthew Johnson, who selected the Ducks over Miami, Michigan, USC, and other teams, was another addition to that endeavor on Friday.

But the Ducks aren’t doing.

Prediction: Nasir Wyatt to Oregon Ducks

Nasir Wyatt, the country’s No. 2 edge rusher and top player from Mater Dei (California), believed that Oregon was applying more pressure to win his commitment before last weekend’s visit.

He believed that his third visit to Eugene would be very important

Both parties scored big, as Wyatt elaborated on “Recruiting with Andrew Nemec” on 1080 The FAN on Monday.

“The one thing I like about Oregon that I really speak a lot about is how every single time I visit and every time I go up there I learn something new and feel something even more special… visit by visit by visit,” Wyatt said. “Every time I’ve been to Oregon, for these three visits, it’s been amazing.”

“My heart was really into it when I was in Eugene.”

Since then, a flurry of predictions from On3 and 247Sports has surfaced, adding gasoline to the fire that started nearly immediately after Wyatt arrived on campus last week.

Though it could take a bit longer, one of the top edge-rushers in the country will shortly be added by the Ducks.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound ‘backer finished his junior year with 41 tackles, 21 tackles-for-loss, 14 sacks, and three forced fumbles, for a total of 27 sacks over the course of two years.

247Sports offered the following assessment on Wyatt as a prospect:

“Wyatt is one of the elite pass rushers not just locally but nationally as well. He plays violently and is one of the more aggressive players you’ll see at the HS level. Relies in a lightning quick first step, an ability to bend and dip around the edge and can really close on the ball. His motor is always going and he plays with a maniacal effort to him. Frame wise, he’s pretty lean at about 6-2.5, 210 pounds and the question is how much size can he put on. He has a similar game at the same stage to former Georgia standout and Philadelphia Eagle edge rusher Nolan Smith but isn’t as wide or broad. He isn’t asked to drop and cover much but is comfortable playing in space in run support and shows plenty of physicality at the point of attack. Upside is multi-year Power 5 starter and depending on how much more weight he can put on, a high round NFL Draft pick.”