Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning discusses the depth of the running back room

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00:00Going back to the running backs,

00:07can you talk about what Noah did to earn a starting job

00:09and where does Hughes fit in the pecking order now,

00:11given that he only had one career today?

00:12Yeah, we got a ton of really good backs.

00:15So I'd say I'm really – I want to go watch the film,

00:17but they earn it every single day in practice.

00:20We've got a bunch of guys that can play winning football,

00:22and, again, that's the challenge for us to figure out where does that fall.

00:25But we get to see it every single day in practice,

00:26and these guys would tell you that Noah Whittington's earned that

00:29every single day in practice and his leadership and how he's worked.

00:32Right here on the right.

00:34Jeremiah, credited with two putt blocks.

00:37What does that mean to you as a coach to have someone who, you know,

00:39is vying for a starting role in the offense,

00:41having that impact in special teams?

00:42Yeah, you talk about, like, biggest growth guys,

00:44like guys that took some of the biggest steps,

00:46and I'd say J-Mac's one of those guys that's taken the biggest step for us

00:49in his second season here.

00:51His mindset, his temperament, the way he approaches every day,

00:54special teams being important to him.

00:56So I was excited to see him out there making an impact for us today.

00:59You know, a guy who's been around here as long as you have instantly comes out

01:04and sets the tone with a 35-yard run to instantly put you guys in their territory.

01:08How does he set the tone and kind of as a leader for that running back room?

01:11Yeah, just in everything that he does.

01:12I mean, he's serious all the time, right?

01:14And he loves what he's doing.

01:15He loves his teammates.

01:16He works really hard at practice,

01:17and there's results on the field because of that.

01:22You