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Commitment Date Pushed Back for Oregon Ducks 5-Star Target

A potentially massive announcement will no longer take place Friday. Instead, five-star Trey McNutt between the Oregon Ducks, Florida, Ohio State, USC, and Texas A&M in a couple weeks.
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Five-star safety Trey McNutt in an Oregon uniform on a throne.
Five-star safety Trey McNutt in an Oregon uniform on a throne. | @tr8mcnutt_ on Instagram

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No five-star addition for Oregon Ducks Football today.

Dan Lanning and company, as well as Ducks fans, were awaiting the decision of five-star safety Trey McNutt, the No. 1 rated player in the country at his position. That decision was originally scheduled for July 19.

But just hours before the potentially decision, McNutt reposted information that his commitment would be pushed back a couple weeks to Aug. 3.

McNutt is choosing between Oregon, Florida, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and USC.

The battle for the elite DB will need a couple more weeks of work. And work it will be, On3's Steve Wiltfong says Texas A&M has been making a late push, which could have contributed to the decision date getting postponed.

"It’s getting tight with the Aggies," Wiltfong said.

The Ducks must also compete with McNutt being a Buckeye legacy. His father won a national championship while playing for Ohio State in 2002.

McNutt also made visits in the past couple months to Florida and USC, both hoping their chances just got a boost with two more weeks to recruit the prized DB.

Still, McNutt is expected to make his way to Eugene. 247Sports's Tom Loy has Oregon as a lock with a 100% prediction. That did come before the announced postponement, so perhaps Loy, and others, see McNutt wavering in his decision to pick the Ducks.

That would be a major change from when McNutt visited Eugene.

"I had a great return to Oregon," McNutt told Wiltfong."Coach Lanning and the staff continue to excite me about Oregon. When I got off the plane the whole staff was here playing music and turnt with energy. The program Oregon has and is leading to become is elite if you look at it... Oregon is making it a tough decision with where I want to play at."

That "tough decision" will now be Aug. 3.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans.He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team.

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