The Oregon roster will look more like an NFL roster than a college roster from a numbers perspective when they take on the Oklahoma Sooners in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Wednesday night in San Antonio. The Ducks are missing nearly an entire two-deep amount of players from its opening day roster due to injury, transfer, opt-outs, and unknown reasons. The Ducks held a practice on Monday morning at Trinity University and it became quickly clear how small of a roster the coaching staff and the team will be playing with against the Sooners.
Oregon opened the 2021 football season with 88 scholarship players and is now down unofficially to 57 scholarship players. That number could go down even further if a few players are deemed unavailable before Wednesday night.
Junior safety Bennett Williams has returned to practicing with the Ducks after a leg injury week five. Prior to the team’s arrival in San Antonio, interim head coach Bryan McClendon said he was the player with the best odds to return from injury but he never declared he would be back full-go. Offensive lineman Ryan Walk suffered a leg injury at Washington in early November and he has returned to practice in a limited capacity, but his availability isn’t known going into the game. Three other players are either at practice but haven’t played in a game this season and that includes quarterback Robby Ashford, wide receiver Josh Delgado, and linebacker Jonathan Flowe.
Here is a list of players who were not at bowl practice or unavailable to practice.
1. Wide Receiver Devon Williams (Opt out, NFL Draft)
2. cornerback Mykael Wright (Opt out, NFL Draft)
3. Wide Receiver III Johnny Johnson (injury)
4. Running back Sean Dollars (injury)
5. Wide Receiver Jaylon Redd (injury)
6. Safety Steve Stephens IV (injury)
7. Running back CJ Verdell (injury)
8. Linebacker Justin Flowe (injury)
9. Safety Bryan Addison (not at practice)
10. Linebacker Keith Brown (injury)
11. Safety JJ Greenfield (away from team all year)
12.. Linebacker Adrian Jackson (Not at practice)
13. Linebacker Jackson LaDuke (Not at practice)
14. Defensive Tackle Popo Aumavae (Not at practice)
15. Defensive Lineman Jaylen Smith (injury)
16. Offensive Lineman Logan Sagapolu (injury)
17. Offensive Lineman Jonathan Denis (injury)
18. Offensive Lineman Bram Walden (injury)
19. Offensive Lineman Faaope Laloulu (not at practice)
20. Tight End Patrick Herbert (injury)
21. Tight End Cam McCormick (injury)
22. Wide Receiver Lance Wilhoite (away from the team all year)
23. Defensive Lineman Jake Shipley (not at practice)
24. Defensive Lineman Jayson Jones (Transferred to Auburn)
25. Defensive Lineman Keyon Ware-Hudson (injury)
26. Defensive Lineman Keanu Williams (not at practice)
27. Offensive Lineman Kingsley Suamatai (transferred to BYU)
28. Defensive Lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux (Opt out, NFL Draft)
29. Linebacker Dru Mathis (Injury)
30. Wide Receiver Mycah Pittman (Transferred to Florida State)
31. Cornerback DJ James (Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal)
