The Oregon Ducks are hot on the recruiting trail following one of their best seasons in program history. It was particularly impressive when considering it was the Ducks’ first year in the Big Ten Conference and they defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in the regular season. The Ducks kept their momentum rolling in the Big Ten Championship game, where they defeated another storied Big 10 team in the Penn State Nittany Lions 45-37.
Oregon Football 5-Star Pledge Shares Encouraging News Regarding Program originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Oregon Ducks are hot on the recruiting trail following one of their best seasons in program history. They’ll look to build on last season after they ran the table in the regular season with a perfect record. It was particularly impressive when considering it was the Ducks’ first year in the Big Ten Conference and they defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in the regular season.
The Ducks kept their momentum rolling in the Big Ten Championship game, where they defeated another storied Big 10 team in the Penn State Nittany Lions 45-37. As a result of their impressive run, they were given the No. 1 overall seed in the new-look College Football Playoff that featured 12 teams for the first time.
Oregon Football 5-Star Pledge Shares Encouraging News Regarding Program
Under the new playoff structure, four conference winners received first-round byes. However, it could be argued that the bye hurt the Ducks more than it helped them. In the second round of the CFP, the Ducks took on the Buckeyes in a rematch, this time in the Rose Bowl.
The Ducks had to go from December 7 until January 1 without playing a game after playing nearly every week for four months straight. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes had to defeat the Tennessee Volunteers to reach that position, so their layoff wasn’t as bad.
While the Ducks fell in the rematch, they set a new program record with 10 players selected in April’s NFL Draft. While winning is the primary objective, it also helps on the recruiting trail when the program is consistently setting its players up for success at the next level.
That’s exactly what the Ducks hope they have in interior offensive lineman Immanuel Iheanacho, who recently shared encouraging news regarding the program.
Duck Nation we got another one 🤫 top 5 class incoming pic.twitter.com/Bf7JG7sZ3V
— Immanuel Iheanacho ✭ (@immanueli24) July 13, 2025
Iheanacho is a five-star recruit out of Georgetown Preparatory School in Baltimore, Maryland. At 6-foot-6.5 and 345 lbs, Iheanacho will have the chance to contribute right away after graduating in 2026.
If his recent message on X is because he knows that the Ducks are about to land another significant recruit, that could make all the difference as to where this recruiting class ranks when it’s all said and done. The Ducks have had a stretch of successful seasons recently, and with Dan Lanning at the helm, they’ll look to keep improving until they take home a national championship.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
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