I keep refreshing the 247 composite and On3 boards every single day and I am getting antsy watching our 2026 five star tracker. Oregon is sitting on five of them and we are just lurkiing in the shadows. I get that the staff is playing the long game with some of these elite targets but the dead period is making me crazy because I cannot get any crystal ball movement to analyze. Sources close to the program say we are in great shape with a couple of those top 50 guys who have NOT popped yet but I need to see a commit or at least a silent commit to calm my nerves.
The 247 composite shows we are hovering around the top ten in class ranking which is fine for now but we cannot afford to let this year slip. I am hearing our bagman is working overtime on a specific five star defensive back who visited unofficially twice already and the buzz is that we lead but I have been burned before by late flips. The Big Ten rivals are all stacking elite talent and we need to start pulling the trigger on these OVs for the summer before the dead period ends. Every day that passes without a new five star pledge feels like we are falling behind the curve and I need this staff to start closing before the fall.