Lanning looking for continued improvement from Oregon's young stars
Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning is looking for continued improvement out of his younger stars heading into the 2026 season.
A lot of the Oregon Ducks ' success on the football field has to do with the young talent Dan Lanning and his staff has been able to assemble in Eugene. Mixed with some of the veteran talent, the Ducks have been and should continue to be one of the top teams in the country. But that younger talent can't rest on its laurels, according to Lanning.
They have to continue to improve to become the best versions of themselves. “I think you've seen it within our program for several guys before. You know, whether that's Jeremiah McClellan this past season, like, it's up to them.
They’ve got to go attack the work, and they’ve got to know that they're not the best version of themselves yet," Lanning said. So guys like Dakorien (Moore), guys like Dierre (Hill), all those guys that were able to make an impact last year. "Brandon Finney ...
that's a big piece of them, right? That's what they have to be internally and intrinsically motivated to go improve. And you know, I think those guys are wired the right way to do that.