The Oregon Ducks Have Three Players that was named preseason ap all -mericans, matching the number the ducks had in 2024.
Junior Safety Dillon Thieneman Leads The Charge as the Ducks’ Lone first-team honoree. Redshirt Junior Running Back Makhi Hughes and Junior Defenseve End Matayo Uiagalelei Bot Earned Second-Team Honors.
Oregon has Players on bot sides of the ball on the present -merican list in 2025, after all three honors came from from the offense last year in Quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Receiver Tez JOHNSONS and Offense Lineman Ajani Cornelius.
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All Three 2024 Preseason All-Meericans Earned Second-Team Honors. However, similar to gabriel, thieneman and hughes earn the honor after transferring in this offset.
Thieneman is a transfer from purdue, who Led the big ten with 104 tackles and started all 12 games for the boilermakers last year. He Also Collected Four Tackles for Loss, Broke Up Seven Passes and Had One Sack.
In his freshman year at purdue, thieneman was a third-team ap all -merican and the fwaa defensive freshman of the year.
Hughes is a transfer from tulane, and was a Doak Walker Award Semifinalist Last Year. The tulane transfer played in 14 games last season and Ran for 1,401 yards, which ranked 10th in the FBS, and Had 15 Touchdowns.
Hughes also Caught 19 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns, and was named to the all-aac first team. In his redshirt freshman year, hughes was a college football network Honorable Mention All-Freshman and the aac Rookie of the year.
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The Ducks’ Last Preseason AP All-Meerican Honoree is Uiagaleei, Who Grew INTO One of the Best Defensive Ends in the Big Ten Last Year. The Ducks’ Defender Collected 38 Tackles, 12.5 Tackles for Loss and 10.5 Sacks.
In addition to causing chaos behind the line of scrimmage, uiagalelei defended a couple of passes and forced two fumbles. He was voted to the all-blog ten first team by the media and second team by coaches, and was a polynesian player of the year Award Finalist.
The Ducks’ Three PRESESON ALL-Arican Selections is the Seven-Most in the Country Behind Texas, Penn State, Ohio State, Cleanson, Notre Dame and Alabama.