Five-star QB Van Buren commits to Oregon

• Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Personnel WriterMay 20, 2023, 04:16 PM ET

Five-star quarterback Michael Van Buren, a top-20 possibility in 2024, committed to Oregon on Saturday.Van Buren, from St.

Frances Academy( Maryland), is ranked 18th overall in the 2024 class and is the second-best-rated pocket passer in the class behind Georgia dedicate Dylan Raiola (No. 1 general). His April visit to Eugene clinched

matters for him as he moved up his commitment date from early July.”What stood apart to me most would most likely be simply how bought-in everybody is and how together everybody is,”Van Buren informed ESPN.” The group is really close. Everybody deals with everybody like family and individuals in the structure, they all have terrific energy and everyone there actually wants people to succeed and they’re going to do whatever they can to make sure that takes place.”He would be the highest-ranked quarterback to sign with the Ducks because ESPN started ranking players in 2006 and would be the program’s highest-ranked overall hire to commit to Oregon since linebacker Justin Flowe(No. 10 total )in 2020. It is a great rebound for second-year coach Dan Lanning after extremely concerned signal-caller Dante Moore (No. 2 overall )switched to UCLA late in the 2023 cycle.Van Buren selected the Ducks over his other two finalists, Penn State and Maryland, and becomes the second ESPN 300 quarterback to dedicate to Oregon in as several years(Austin Novosad; No. 271 in general in 2023 ). The 6-foot, 190-pound Van Buren finished 57 %of his passes for 1,707 lawns and 18 goals during his junior season for the Panthers, guiding them to a 9-1 record. Van Buren will get the chance to succeed Bo Nix as the headliner of the Oregon offense, which ranked 6th in the FBS in total offense (500.5 YPG)and 10th in scoring (38.8 PPG )in 2022.”They like to push the ball downfield and they like mobile quarterbacks,” Van Buren said,”like how Bo Nix is really mobile with quarterback runs and pressing the ball down

field and all the other things. So I seem like my capabilities– my mobile ability– and having the ability to make every throw really fits that plan.”Oregon’s 2024 class sits ninth in ESPN’s rankings and Van Buren joins his St. Frances colleague, cornerback Ify Obidegwu(No. 148 general), as ESPN 300 potential customers heading to the Pacific Northwest.Its seven ESPN 300 promises has Oregon on a good track to possibly match or go beyond the 11 ESPN 300 signees secured in a 2023 class that completed eighth in ESPN’s final rankings.As the highest-ranked member presently of the Ducks’2024 haul, Van

Buren feels a duty to keep the momentum going.”Most certainly. As quickly as it’s live– where I’m going– I’m prepared to hire No. 1 class,”he said.”I believe we got a great deal of potential.

I imply the guys that I’ve talked to, it’s simply a lot of top guys that’s truly thinking about Oregon.”It’s my job and the rest of the other commits’task is to make certain that takes place and we get a lot of men to go win this championship game.”