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Oregon Ducks Defensive Line Coach Tony Tuioti Discusses Which Redshirt Freshman Have Stood Out To Him
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00:00You have that large group of redshirt freshmen.
00:10I'm just wondering, you know, from that group,
00:12you know, who's really stood out for you this spring
00:14and what are you expecting from those four going into the season?
00:17Yeah, Teon Gray is a big, powerful man.
00:22He's all of 6'6", 345 pounds,
00:26and he's a guy that can command forehands
00:29and when you're looking for a defensive lineman in the run game,
00:32especially in this conference,
00:33you want to have big bodies that can take on double teams
00:37and be able to play combination blocks
00:39and really excited about what he's able to do.
00:42The last practice, we had a goal line period.
00:44He made a big time TFL play for us.
00:47Another guy that's really had a really good spring for us so far
00:50has been Jericho Johnson.
00:53Really good job of being able to attack the line of scrimmage
00:56and he's been showing up time and time again in practice.
00:59So, really excited about his development.
01:02Aiden Breeland has been doing a really good job for us.
01:05You know, he's been playing defensive ends,
01:07sliding them down, playing defensive tackle,
01:09like we did with Brandon Dorlis.
01:11Very similar, but, you know, he's longer.
01:14He's all of 295,
01:16but he's been able to show up for us a lot
01:18and he's a guy that can play on the edge in the run game,
01:21first, second down, slide them inside on third down
01:23and be able to take advantage of, you know,
01:25lesser athletes at that guard position
01:27because he definitely can rush.
01:29And really, towards the end of the season,
01:31Aiden Breeland was probably like our best interior pass rusher
01:34really coming along.
01:36So, excited about what he's able to do for us.
01:39Ashton Porter, another player for us
01:42that didn't play a lot of reps,
01:43but he's been having a good spring for us too as well.
01:45So, we're kind of relying on, you know,
01:48Aiden, Ashton Porter to be able to help out.
01:50You know, we're losing Birch.
01:51You know, Mattel's taking a lot of those reps there,
01:54but just being able to have some extra guys there
01:56to be able to take those reps as well
01:57is going to be big for us.

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