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Football Practice Report: Dec. 29
12/29/19 | Football, @GoDucksMoseley
The Ducks held their last practice in pads of the 2019 season Sunday, as their Rose Bowl appearance against Wisconsin drew closer.
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park
Format: Shells
Sean Dollars has had a new number and a new role on the Oregon football team the past two weeks.
Dollars, a true freshman running back who has made three appearances this season, was moved to the scout-team offense to help the Ducks prepare for Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday (2 p.m., ESPN). Dollars is one of three UO running backs, along with Jayvaun Wilson and KJ Maduike, tasked with mimicking Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor, who has won the Doak Walker Award and been a unanimous all-American each of the last two seasons.
In his No. 5 uniform for the Ducks, Dollars has run seven times for 81 yards this season. For the past two weeks though, he's been practicing in the No. 23 sported by Taylor.
"They put me on the scout team and I took the challenge gladly," Dollars said Sunday, after the Ducks' final padded practice of the 2019 season. "I want to help the defense out, because I want to win this game just as much as everybody else."
Dollars has been on the bubble of Oregon's game rotation all season. Though the Ducks returned four experienced veterans from the 2018 team, position coach Jim Mastro has consistently included Dollars when breaking down the team's impressive depth this fall.
That hasn't translated to much playing time for Dollars. His most notable impact came early in the season against Montana, with a 63-yard run late in the game. But the freshman hasn't expressed any frustration; to the contrary, he sounded proud Sunday about his opportunity to impact the Rose Bowl by helping on the scout team.
"It's been pretty good just to be a part of this running back group," Dollars said. "My first year of college, just getting acclimated to everything. I'm just here to help out, man."
Dollars said his aim in mimicking Taylor has been to "make cuts that people normally don't make, and hit holes that people don't normally see." That's a tell order, but defensive coaches have praised him for the look he has provided in bowl practices.
"I gave my best out there, every practice," Dollar said. "That's all I'm here for."
Practice highlights: Sunday's practice was formatted like a Wednesday of a normal game week, and thus practice ended with a 2-minute drill. Justin Herbert was 7-of-7 passing to drive the offense down the field and set up a 41-yard, "game-winning" field goal that Camden Lewis made. At one point it looked like the defense might have gotten off the field with a sack, but the play wasn't whistled dead and Herbert got off a pass that moved the chains. … With the twos on the field, Tyler Shough capped two really impressive days of practice in pads by completing five straight passes, the last an apparent touchdown to Isaah Crocker. But that play was ruled dead on a sack, the offense was backed up and the field-goal attempt for the twos was no good. …
The defense had a really good period against the scout-team offense prior to the 2-minute drill. The competitive juices got going after scout-team receiver Jack Vecchi made a really acrobatic catch despite a defender committing pass interference. That got the scout offense chirping a little bit, and the proverbial bear had been poked — both Isaac Slade-Matautia and La'Mar Winston Jr. had interceptions during the next few reps, and the defense most definitely enjoyed celebrating those turnovers.
Other observations: After practice, players took photos with, signed autographs for and played catch with a group of local kids on a visit organized by the YMCA. … Former players A.J. Tuitele and Michael Fletcher watched practice, as did family members of current players Bryan Addison and Keyon Ware-Hudson. … Mario Cristobal had a crew of officials on hand for the second day in a row.
Format: Shells
Sean Dollars has had a new number and a new role on the Oregon football team the past two weeks.
Dollars, a true freshman running back who has made three appearances this season, was moved to the scout-team offense to help the Ducks prepare for Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday (2 p.m., ESPN). Dollars is one of three UO running backs, along with Jayvaun Wilson and KJ Maduike, tasked with mimicking Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor, who has won the Doak Walker Award and been a unanimous all-American each of the last two seasons.
In his No. 5 uniform for the Ducks, Dollars has run seven times for 81 yards this season. For the past two weeks though, he's been practicing in the No. 23 sported by Taylor.
"They put me on the scout team and I took the challenge gladly," Dollars said Sunday, after the Ducks' final padded practice of the 2019 season. "I want to help the defense out, because I want to win this game just as much as everybody else."
Dollars has been on the bubble of Oregon's game rotation all season. Though the Ducks returned four experienced veterans from the 2018 team, position coach Jim Mastro has consistently included Dollars when breaking down the team's impressive depth this fall.
That hasn't translated to much playing time for Dollars. His most notable impact came early in the season against Montana, with a 63-yard run late in the game. But the freshman hasn't expressed any frustration; to the contrary, he sounded proud Sunday about his opportunity to impact the Rose Bowl by helping on the scout team.
"It's been pretty good just to be a part of this running back group," Dollars said. "My first year of college, just getting acclimated to everything. I'm just here to help out, man."
Dollars said his aim in mimicking Taylor has been to "make cuts that people normally don't make, and hit holes that people don't normally see." That's a tell order, but defensive coaches have praised him for the look he has provided in bowl practices.
"I gave my best out there, every practice," Dollar said. "That's all I'm here for."
Practice highlights: Sunday's practice was formatted like a Wednesday of a normal game week, and thus practice ended with a 2-minute drill. Justin Herbert was 7-of-7 passing to drive the offense down the field and set up a 41-yard, "game-winning" field goal that Camden Lewis made. At one point it looked like the defense might have gotten off the field with a sack, but the play wasn't whistled dead and Herbert got off a pass that moved the chains. … With the twos on the field, Tyler Shough capped two really impressive days of practice in pads by completing five straight passes, the last an apparent touchdown to Isaah Crocker. But that play was ruled dead on a sack, the offense was backed up and the field-goal attempt for the twos was no good. …
The defense had a really good period against the scout-team offense prior to the 2-minute drill. The competitive juices got going after scout-team receiver Jack Vecchi made a really acrobatic catch despite a defender committing pass interference. That got the scout offense chirping a little bit, and the proverbial bear had been poked — both Isaac Slade-Matautia and La'Mar Winston Jr. had interceptions during the next few reps, and the defense most definitely enjoyed celebrating those turnovers.
Other observations: After practice, players took photos with, signed autographs for and played catch with a group of local kids on a visit organized by the YMCA. … Former players A.J. Tuitele and Michael Fletcher watched practice, as did family members of current players Bryan Addison and Keyon Ware-Hudson. … Mario Cristobal had a crew of officials on hand for the second day in a row.
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