Oregon football coach Dan Lanning talks about USC matchup
Oregon coach Dan Lanning speaks on the Ducks’ upcoming top-20 matchup against the USC Trojans at Autzen Stadium.
The Ducks had two starters return from injury absences to play against Minnesota last week.
Will No. 7 Oregon football be as fortunate this week when it plays No. 15 USC at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22 in Autzen Stadium?
The Ducks (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) have been without wide receiver Dakorien Moore for two games as the freshman recovers from a knee injury. They’ve been without receiver Gary Bryant Jr. for nearly as long as the senior was injured early in the first quarter against Iowa and hasn’t played since.
Moore (28 catches for 443 yards and three TDs) and Bryant (25, 299, four) are Oregon’s two most productive receivers, though tight end Kenyon Sadiq has the most pass catches (30) and receiving TDs (six).
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Sadiq, who also didn’t play against Iowa, returned against Minnesota and had a career game with eight catches for 96 yards and a touchdown. Also back after missing the Iowa game was starting right tackle Alex Harkey, a timely return considering his backup, Gernorris Wilson, was out against Minnesota with an undisclosed injury.
The defense has also been without inside linebacker Devon Jackson the last two games.
Coach Dan Lanning said Monday he wasn’t going to provide status updates on any of the injured players.
Oregon football injury report ahead of game vs. USC
- Bryce Boulton – The offensive lineman is out for the season with an undisclosed injury.
- Gary Bryant Jr. – The starting receiver was injured in the first quarter against Iowa and had to be carried off the field by a teammate. He didn’t play against Minnesota.
- Tionne Gray – The defensive tackle was listed as questionable with an undisclosed injury against Minnesota and didn’t play.
- Dillon Gresham – The redshirt freshman wide receiver has missed the first 10 games with an undisclosed injury.
- Devon Jackson – The inside linebacker missed games against Iowa and Minnesota with an undisclosed injury.
- Kyler Kasper – The wide receiver is out for the season due to a foot injury that required surgery.
- Sione Laulea – The redshirt junior defensive back has missed the last three games with an undisclosed injury.
- Jayden Limar – The junior running back has missed four straight games with an undisclosed injury.
- Trey McNutt – The true freshman safety broke his leg during fall camp and is out indefinitely.
- Dakorien Moore – The freshman starting wide receiver “tweaked” his knee in practice two weeks ago and didn’t play against Iowa or Minnesota.
- Jack Ressler – The redshirt freshman wide receiver has been listed as out on the availability report the first 10 games with an undisclosed injury.
- Da’Jaun Riggs – The redshirt freshman running back was listed as out on the injury report the last three weeks with an undisclosed injury.
- Evan Stewart – The Ducks’ top returning pass catcher from 2024 injured his knee during June workouts and is expected to miss most, if not all, of the season.
- Gernorris Wilson – The reserve offensive tackle didn’t play against Minnesota with an undisclosed injury.
Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com.
