Oregon lands OT Greene, No

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 06:00 PM ET

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Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Oregon beat Michigan, USC

and Washington to the dedication of four-star 2026 offending deal with Kodi Greene on Monday as the Ducks landed another skilled addition to Dan Lanning’s 2026 class.Greene, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound blocker from Southern California

power Mater Dei High School, is the 31st-ranked possibility in the ESPN Junior 300 and No. 5 offending tackle in the 2026 cycle, per ESPN rankings. He is the 4th, and highest-rated, member of the Ducks’ 2026 class. Greene is the sibling of Washington freshman defensive back Kayden Greene.Originally from Sammamish, Washington, Greene is set to enter his first season

at Mater Dei this fall after investing the previous 2 years at Washington’s Eastside Catholic High School. Now the fifth-ranked 2026 prospect in the state of California, he had almost 20 Power 4 uses with Michigan, Washington and Texas A&M amongst the very first to show their interest prior to his sophomore season last fall. USC strongly entered the frame after he moved to Mater Dei previously this year, however Oregon leapt ahead of the pack with a series of informal visits, including a journey to the program’s”Saturday Night Live”event late last month.Greene’s promise marks the most recent in a series of current prominent devotes to the Ducks in 2026. It follows a July 27 dedication from four-star running back Tradarian Ball (No. 79 in the ESPN Junior 300)and an Aug. 3 pledge from quarterback Jonas Williams

, the No. 2 dual-threat passer in 2026. Four-star defensive tackle Tony Cumberland, No. 80 in the ESPN Junior 300 and the third-ranked player at his position in 2026, is the only defender dedicated to Oregon in that cycle.Oregon enters the fall with the sixth-ranked class in ESPN’s latest team rankings for the 2025 cycle. When he gets here in Eugene, Greene will follow a 2025 offending line class that includes No. 1 center Alai Kalaniuvalu, deal with Ziyare Addison and guard Demetri Manning, all set to sign with the Ducks later on this year.