Why? He got married and he/his wife want to return home to start their life together. I don't see anything too bad.
Not to mentioned 247 sports predicting we'll get the 2020 P12 POY the year to replace him...
I'm not sure I'd agree the Ducks are likely to get Broussard. On one hand, the guy who made the prediction is the head of 247 'scouting' so there's some credibility. On the other hand, he has a history of early predictions and later revisions of predictions (I subscribe to 247)
Reportedly, Broussard is visiting TCU this weekend and will visit Michigan State next weekend or later in the week. And the MSU coach is the one that recruited Broussard to Colorado
in Oregon's favor, their new DB coach came from Colorado; and transfer safety Christian Gonzalez came from Colorado as well. But I don't know how close Broussard was to either
a 4-star
class-of-2022 RB recruit, verbally committed to Georgia, Jordan James, is visiting Oregon this weekend. The Ducks are also trying to convince a 3-star RB from Texas, Andrew Paul, to visit. His recruiting has blown up after his senior season and playoffs. He's a 220 lb RB in the SEC mold, and he's recently received offers from some SEC teams as well as Clemson, Michigan, and Michigan State. But I don't know if the Ducks can get him to visit. They probably have a better shot with James, and may even have a better shot with James than they do Broussard. But the Ducks have to do something; they can't go into next season with only 3 RB's in the RB room (I'm assuming Verdell is gone too)
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as for Dye, if it wasn't for the one-time Covid rule, Dye would have exhausted his eligibility this season. As it is, he gave 4 years to the Ducks. He was a warrior for them. I've been told Dye was really close to Jim Mastro and when Mastro was not retained, that became one deciding factor. Another, or at least a rumor, is that Dye is interested in a master's degree that USC offers and Oregon doesn't. And of course, he very likely may have received a better NIL offer at USC than Oregon. Welcome to the new landscape of college football
in that regard, I'm in favor of NIL. I'm also in favor of the transfer portal and immediate eligibility upon transfer. Athletes should have the same opportunities and freedom of movement as everybody else. If college football can only survive while players are indentured, it deserves to fail
EDIT: rumor is that Broussard may be visiting Oregon this weekend