Oregon’s 2028 recruiting board is already starting to tilt in the Ducks’ favor.
Rivals recruiting experts Brandon Huffman and Greg Biggins both logged predictions on Friday for Oregon to land a pair of elite targets in the class: quarterback Josiah Boyd and defensive lineman Trison Satele. It’s an early sign that the Ducks’ work on the next cycle is beginning to gain traction, even while they’re still pushing to add one or two more pieces to the 2027 class this summer.
Boyd is the flashier name right now. The Moreno Valley, California, passer is a top 100 recruit and the No. 5 quarterback in the class, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking.
Oregon has made him feel like a priority from the jump, and Boyd has viewed the Ducks as a dream school. That said, quarterbacks rarely move this early, so Oregon will have to keep building that relationship if it wants to make the prediction stick through the fall.
Kentucky is the main threat here, and Will Stein’s presence there is part of the reason the Wildcats are in the mix against Oregon.
Satele gives the Ducks a different kind of edge. The Hawaii native is the younger brother of current Oregon linebacker commit Toa Satele, and the idea of the brothers playing together has real appeal. Oregon already has Toa in the fold, which makes the fit with Trison even cleaner.
A top recruit in Hawaii, Satele checks in at No. 171 nationally in the Rivals Industry Ranking and lines up on the interior of the defensive line. He’s still developing, but his frame and versatility give him room to move around the line and grow into a major piece of the class.
At this stage, Huffman and Biggins sound more confident in Oregon’s chances with Satele than with Boyd, though neither recruitment is anywhere near finished. Cal, Miami and UCLA are all involved with Satele, and each of those schools also went after Toa.
Oregon doesn’t have a commitment yet in the 2028 class, but Boyd and Satele would be a strong place to start. The Ducks are also keeping close tabs on other high-end targets, including four-star safety Jordan Hicks and four-star wideout Braylon Clark, and they’ll likely try to get all four on campus often this fall.
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