Oregon Ducks News: Grein collects hardware, Altman finds a giant, Gabriel touted

Grein collects wins, and honors

Oregon pitcher Lyndsey Grein earned co-Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time this season after posting a 3-0 record with 0.00 ERA in three Oregon wins.

She and the Ducks beat Oregon State on Wednesday, 5-3, then took a weekend series over UCLA to claim first place in the Big Ten. Grein pitched a complete-game shutout on Sunday as the Ducks won 9-0 in five innings.

Altman offers Swede tall fir

Oregon made an offer to Cedric Taylor, a 2025 6-9 power forward from Stockholm, Sweden who plays for Huntington Prep in Huntington, W.V. He's the No. 1-ranked player in Sweden and has played internationally for his country's age group national team

College Football playoff committee meets

The College Football Playoff Committee meets this week in Los Colinas, Texas to discuss possible changes to the playoff format, including seeding and number of teams, automatic bids.

Gabriel's stock rises as draft looms

Oregon's Dillon Gabriel got a major endorsement this week from NFL draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. of ESPN.

The draft begins Thursday. Even though Kiper puts Gabriel at No. 8 among eligible quarterbacks, he had high praise for the Duck senior.

"Gabriel is a winner. He won 46 of his 63 career starts over time at UCF, Oklahoma and Oregon. There is a lot of good football on his tape. Gabriel is a rhythm passer with pinpoint accuracy and really impressive timing. He sees the field well, makes quick decisions and gets the ball out on time and on target. Gabriel is sort of a poor man's Tua Tagovailoa in the way he plays." -----------------Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN

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