The Oregon Ducks will have two key players back on Offense this weekend against Washington State.
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Mark Helfrich will be happy to have Tight End Pharoah Brown and Running Back Royce Freeman back on the field this weekend against Washington State according to GoDucks.com. On Offense, Dwayne Stanford again gets the start at Wide Receiver along with Darren Carrington and Charles Nelson. Dillon Mitchell is not listed on the depth chart this week but Offensive Coordinator Matt Lubick expects him to play on Saturday night.
While Freeman is listed as Starter there is no question that Oregon’s Depth at Running Back is probably the deepest unit on the team. Tony Brooks-James is listed as Freeman’s backup on Saturday nigtht, but expect Kanu Benoit and Taj Griffin to help change the pace and tempo of the Oregon Offense.
Defensively, Troy Dye will see his first road game in a big test against the Washington State Offense led by Quarterback Luke Falk. Dye did not play against Nebraska two weeks ago. A.J. Hollins and Johnny Ragin III join Dye as Starters on Defense.
Matt Wogan and Aiden Schneider take punt and kicking dutues. Schneider is the most accurate kicker in Oregon Ducks History hitting over 92 percent of his field goal attempts in his career.
Oregon and Washington State kickoff Saturday at 6:30pm Pacific Time on Pac-12 Networks.