The Oregon Ducks are building a monster of a program. Don't get anything twisted, the Ducks' football team is already unbelievably talented but the incoming wave of blue-chip prospects and the rapidly increasing amount of four-star or five-star talent in the class of 2026 has Oregon looking like one of the best teams in the country, if not the very best.
However, with great recruiting comes great responsibility... or whatever Spider-Man's uncle told him when he first became a superhero.
Alongside head coach Dan Lanning's dominance in the world of recruiting and the transfer portal have come rumors of those players flipping to other blue-blood programs. Most recently, the rumor mill has been in full force regarding Oregon commit Tradaraian Ball, a four-star running back prospect in the class of 2026.
People have constantly speculated that a program like the Texas Longhorns could flip Ball to their team but it reached a point that even the young running back had to silence the doubters about his commitment to the Ducks.
"I don’t think so," Ball said in response to just one example of this speculation, alongside a laughing emoji as well as the classic duck emoji.
😂I don’t think so #Scoducks🦆 https://t.co/vyqY96SteM pic.twitter.com/udyvzbavhb
— Tradarian Ball 🛸 (@TradarianBall3) February 14, 2025
To put it simply, Ball is sticking with his commitment which speaks very highly of both the Oregon program and its coaching staff. The dual-threat athlete, who also lines up at wide receiver for some snaps, is going to be elite once he reaches college, there's no denying it.
In June 2024, Ball attended the Longhorns' summer football camp and just six weeks later, he committed to Oregon. Since then, there has been no looking back for the future Duck.