Oregon’s 2027 recruiting class keeps looking louder by the day, and Rashad Streets is making sure people notice.
The five-star edge commit has become one of the Ducks’ most visible recruiters on social media, and his latest message was aimed at the conversation around Oregon’s wide receiver haul. After Rivals stacked Oregon up against Cal, Florida and Texas A&M, Streets jumped in to point out that the Ducks’ group includes another name that had been left out.
“They ain't even include big play Tae,” Streets posted onto social media.
That “big play Tae” is four-star athlete Tae Walden Jr., a versatile commit who gives Oregon even more juice at the position group. Walden is ranked by Rivals as the No. 3 athlete and No. 70 overall recruit in the 2027 class, and 247Sports lists him as a four-star athlete with the ability to play wide receiver or defensive back. Walden has also said he could play both ways after committing to Oregon, though his exact spot with the Ducks is still not settled.
The bigger picture for Oregon is hard to miss. Wide receivers coach Ross Douglas has already landed five-star receivers Xavier Sabb and Dakota Guerrant, and the Ducks also have three-star receiver Malachi Garlington in the class. Add Walden to that mix, and Oregon’s receiver group starts to separate itself from just about everybody else.
Guerrant has already made his own case that Oregon sits above the other schools in the comparison, and Streets was quick to back up the Ducks’ standing while reminding everyone the group is even deeper than the initial list suggested. Streets has been doing this kind of thing all summer, teasing Sabb’s commitment and reposting announcements from other Oregon targets and commits, including Walden and four-star tight end Anthony Cartwright III.
The competition, at least on paper, is still strong. Cal’s committed receivers are four-stars Charles Davis, Demare Dezeurn and Zion White, plus three-star Blake Gunter.
Florida has four-stars Elias Pearl, Tramond Collins and Anthony Jennings. Texas A&M’s group includes four-stars Eric McFarland and Jaden Upshaw, along with three-stars Damani Warren and Trey Haddad.
But Oregon is the only program in the mix with a committed five-star receiver, and that matters. Sabb and Guerrant give the Ducks two elite headliners at the position, while Garlington and Walden add more depth and flexibility to a class that already ranks among the best in the country.
Rivals has Oregon at No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 3 nationally, trailing only Texas A&M and Notre Dame. Dan Lanning has already raised the talent level in Eugene with dynamic receivers like Dakorien Moore and Evan Stewart, and the 2027 class is following that same script.
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