Oregon football has continued to live up to its national brand during the 2012 campaign. Finishing this season with a 12-1 overall record and a 35-17 Fiesta Bowl victory over Kansas State, the Ducks continued to once again prove themselves as one of the top college football programs in the nation. Oregon fans can look [...]

Kenjon Barner patiently waited behind his predecessors for the chance to be Oregon’s lead back, and the team that just drafted him, the Carolina Panthers, may have just put him in the same situation. As The Charlotte Observer notes, he will be stuck behind DeAngelo Williams, Oregon alum Jonathan Stewart and Mike Tolbert. *** Like [...]

The NFL draft began its third day on Saturday and two more former Oregon Ducks heard their names called in New York City. After falling further than initially anticipated, running back Kenjon Barner was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round, with the 182nd overall pick. After waiting his turn behind now 49er [...]

Barner featured in mini series. Beginning on Thursday, many collegiate football players will have their childhood dreams come true when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reads out their name at the NFL draft in New York City. Several Ducks are expected to be drafted, including Dion Jordan, and many have been picked up somewhere in the top [...]

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With three games left in the regular season, the Oregon men’s basketball team has its fate in hand. If Oregon wins at home against Oregon State and then two on the road at Colorado followed by Utah, the Ducks will be crowned the regular season Pac-12 conference champions and clinch the No.1 seed for the [...]

Despite their recent tough sledding, the Ducks were given a No. 6 spot in ESPN’s most recent Bracketology prediction for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It’s the same spot Oregon held last week. Although much basketball has yet to be played, Joe Lunardi pitted Oregon against No. 11 Iowa State in the mock-up. The four [...]

Oregon stays ranked — After three straight losses, Oregon men’s basketball looked primed to fall out of the AP Top 25 rankings. But with six of the top-ten teams losing this week and a win against Utah on Saturday, they were able to say in at the No. 23 spot. Notable teams losing this past weekend include then [...]

The NFL released its annual official invite list to the 2013 Combine, and five Ducks have been offered spots: Kiko Alonso (linebacker) Kenjon Barner (running back) John Boyett (safety) Dion Jordan (linebacker) Kyle Long (offensive line) Curiously, linebacker Michael Clay didn’t make the cut, after posting 101 tackles (including a career season-best 63 solo) during [...]

EA Sports has announced the eight finalists for the cover of this year’s iteration of NCAA Football, and former Oregon running back Kenjon Barner is among them. Fans are asked to vote for their favorite athlete on the video game company’s official Facebook page. The players and schools with the most “likes” will advance to the [...]

With last week’s hiring of Scott Frost as offensive coordinator, new head coach Mark Helfrich finds even more continuity on one of the most stable coaching staffs in the country. Previously wide receivers coach, Frost brings both a winning attitude and experience on both sides of the ball. He began his college career as a [...]

Chip Kelly won’t be the only Duck moving to the NFL. A talented senior class — including Dion Jordan, Kyle Long and Kenjon Barner — has grabbed the attention of NFL scouts. Jordan is considered one of the best defensive end prospects in the draft and may even be a first-round pickup for the right [...]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — A football game is 60 minutes long. Oregon led for 59 minutes and 48 seconds of Thursday’s Fiesta Bowl, in which the Ducks blew away the Kansas State Wildcats, 35-17. Senior Kenjon Barner had a quiet, yet strong final outing, rushing for 143 yards on 31 carries. Marcus Mariota was named the [...]

PHOENIX — Oregon head coach Chip Kelly hates looking ahead. Or behind. Or at anything other than the team’s next opponent, Kansas State. But for some of Oregon’s best players, their next opponent is their last. Offensive lineman Ryan Clanton took a winding path to Oregon that led him from Bakersfield, Calif., through City College [...]

In the days leading up to the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, the Emerald will take a position-by-position look at Oregon and Kansas State, determining which team has the edge going into the BCS showdown on Jan. 3. Oregon — The Ducks’ offensive line was one of the team’s most bruised and battered units in 2012. Coach [...]

It’s only 17 days until the 2013 Fiesta Bowl where the Oregon Ducks will face the Kansas State Wildcats. Every day we’ll post a meaningful photo from the year to recap the eventful season and get fans prepped for Oregon’s fourth consecutive BCS game. Be sure to check out the rest of The Emerald’s football [...]

Oregon running back Kenjon Barner was named to the Football Writers Association of America All-America team. Barner was a finalist for the Doak Walker award and was named to four of the five All-America teams used by the NCAA to determine consensus All-Americans. Barner is the fifth Duck to be named a consensus All-American, joining [...]

For a sport that carries such enormous weight here at Oregon, football season always seems regrettably short. Thirteen games — 14 if you’re lucky — simply doesn’t feel like enough in one year. Maybe this will change in 2014 when the angels sing and trumpets sound, and the NCAA institutes a playoff system. But until [...]

#10 — Will Murphy gets a touchdown A walk-on player from Albany, Ore., less than an hour away from Eugene, Will Murphy was a redshirt scout team member in 2008. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he played minimal meaningful minutes. But in 2012, Murphy amassed 181 yards on 19 grabs, including his first career touchdown, [...]

A week after being largely stymied against Stanford, Oregon’s talented backfield returned to form against their in-state rivals in a 48-24 win, the fifth straight Civil War win for the Ducks. Both Kenjon Barner and De’Anthony Thomas surpassed the century mark on the ground and quarterback Marcus Mariota carried the ball eight times for 85 [...]