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Football Practice Report: Aug. 15
08/15/26 | Football
The Ducks held a scrimmage Saturday in Autzen Stadium.
EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon football team held its first major scrimmage of this preseason camp Saturday, working out inside Autzen Stadium in the afternoon.
The scrimmage was about 120 plays, some of which featured live tackling. UO coach Dan Lanning said afterward the Ducks came out of the scrimmage able to "walk away healthy."
Lanning made that comment in his post-scrimmage press conference with local media. Video of that session is embedded below.
Some highlights from coach Lanning …
On his initial impressions before reviewing film: "Overall, good scrimmage. The thing you're always looking for as a coach in this moment is you want to test physicality, the ability to tackle and break tackles, but you also want to walk away healthy. And we were able to do that today. Some overall really good reps from both sides of the ball. Got to do a better job when it comes to ball security at times. Got to clean up some special teams play. Make sure we're able to get the kicks that we need to be able to get. But overall, a solid performance."
On growth he might have seen from players in the scrimmage: "This morning we were watching clips of Noah Whittington, Bryce Boettcher making plays in this scrimmage, Kenyon Sadiq making plays in this exact same scrimmage (a year ago), and obviously those guys now are making plays in the NFL. So there's some guys that weren't making plays last year that were making plays in the scrimmage this year. There's some guys that have made some really big strides, but again, we'll evaluate the film and see what it looks like. Overall, was pleased with the energy throughout practice, but the film is going to be something we assess really hard."
On whether turnovers could be chalked up to offensive miscues or big defensive plays: "There's always a combination of both. You know, tip balls that we have to be aggressive with. We had a tip-ball interception day, Peyton Woodyard had one. We had balls on the ground where it wasn't necessarily controlled by the defense as much as controlled by offense and the way they protect the ball. But yeah, there's moments where we're attacking it really well. I think this is the best fall camp we've had as a defense as far as attacking the ball, which is good."
The scrimmage was about 120 plays, some of which featured live tackling. UO coach Dan Lanning said afterward the Ducks came out of the scrimmage able to "walk away healthy."
Lanning made that comment in his post-scrimmage press conference with local media. Video of that session is embedded below.
Some highlights from coach Lanning …
On his initial impressions before reviewing film: "Overall, good scrimmage. The thing you're always looking for as a coach in this moment is you want to test physicality, the ability to tackle and break tackles, but you also want to walk away healthy. And we were able to do that today. Some overall really good reps from both sides of the ball. Got to do a better job when it comes to ball security at times. Got to clean up some special teams play. Make sure we're able to get the kicks that we need to be able to get. But overall, a solid performance."
On growth he might have seen from players in the scrimmage: "This morning we were watching clips of Noah Whittington, Bryce Boettcher making plays in this scrimmage, Kenyon Sadiq making plays in this exact same scrimmage (a year ago), and obviously those guys now are making plays in the NFL. So there's some guys that weren't making plays last year that were making plays in the scrimmage this year. There's some guys that have made some really big strides, but again, we'll evaluate the film and see what it looks like. Overall, was pleased with the energy throughout practice, but the film is going to be something we assess really hard."
On whether turnovers could be chalked up to offensive miscues or big defensive plays: "There's always a combination of both. You know, tip balls that we have to be aggressive with. We had a tip-ball interception day, Peyton Woodyard had one. We had balls on the ground where it wasn't necessarily controlled by the defense as much as controlled by offense and the way they protect the ball. But yeah, there's moments where we're attacking it really well. I think this is the best fall camp we've had as a defense as far as attacking the ball, which is good."
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