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Oregon Continues Surging for Five-Star EDGE Elijah Rushing

The Ducks have been the heavy favorite since Rushing de-committed from Arizona earlier this month.

Max Torres

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Oregon appears to be gaining more momentum on the recruiting trail in the 2024 class. They just hosted two of their top targets for visits this weekend in elite offensive tackle Jordan Seaton and four-star edge rusher Solomon Williams.

On Tuesday, the Ducks picked up two new 247Sports crystal ball predictions to land Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe Catholic five-star edge rusher Elijah Rushing.

The predictions come from two of the heavyweights covering West Coast recruiting, National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman and National Recruiting Analyst Greg Biggs. 

Both predictions were logged with a "6" or medium confidence level, and they join earlier crystal ball predictions from Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong and Mountain Region Recruiting Analyst Blair Angulo.

Rushing initially committed to Arizona in July, but chose to reopen his recruitment on October 8. He was the highest-rated recruit in Arizona program history.

Now the 6-foot-6, 251 pounder is the top uncommitted recruit out West in the 2024 class. He was viewed as a heavy Oregon lean prior to his commitment to Jedd Fisch and the Wildcats.

Oregon commits have been chiming in to do some recruiting of their own and help the staff with the elite edge rusher.

Torres' Take

I placed my updated prediction for Oregon to land Rushing on October 9, and these new predictions on Tuesday only reaffirm what I've been hearing.

This one continues to feel like a matter of when not if for Rushing committing to the Ducks. There's no such thing as a lock to a certain school or a sure thing when it comes to recruiting, but I remain confident in this pick. 

The Ducks looked like the runaway favorite the first time around, and I highly doubt that they'll "miss" on him twice.

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Max Torres
MAX TORRES

Max Torres is the publisher and lead editor of Ducks Digest. He's covered the Oregon football and recruiting beats for four years. He's based out of Long Beach, CA and travels around Southern California and the country covering top high school football prospects.

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