Oregon Ducks Coach Dan Lanning on Veteran Leadership & Impact Transfers

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00:00Really hop into who's doing what, right?

00:04We want everybody on our team that's capable of being a leader to be a leader,

00:07right? I don't care how old you are, right?

00:09I don't care how many snaps you played, right?

00:12Where can you contribute? Where can you lead?

00:13It starts by leading yourself, right?

00:15You want to be a guy that can set an example for yourself.

00:18What's it look like? And then the players recognize that.

00:20It's not a secret, right? Who works hard?

00:21Who doesn't? Who attacks every single day?

00:24We got a lot of guys on our team that are really capable of that.

00:26We got more guys that we need to have continue to step up.

00:29In the back, Brett.

00:32Coach, obviously, you guys lose some talent

00:34at the tight end position with Terrence and with Patrick.

00:36I'm just wondering, how are you seeing kind of Kenyon

00:38step into that role and maybe even some of the younger guys

00:40like A.J. that missed all of last season?

00:43How is he kind of showing early up in the spring camp?

00:45Yeah, we got a lot of good, talented players in that position.

00:47Obviously, Kenyon has the most experience there.

00:50He's shown an ability to make great plays.

00:52I think he's going to be a great playmaker again for us this year,

00:54you know, and just even watching the way he took the field today,

00:56you realize, okay, this guy has a purpose, right?

00:58He's coming out there for a reason.

00:59But there's a lot of guys that we're looking to create,

01:02you know, opportunities for that, those spots,

01:05and that's what you want,

01:07as many good guys that can go play at a high level.

01:09All right, here, Zach.

01:11I don't think we've talked to you about Isaiah World at all.

01:13What was it about him that you saw in the transfer portal

01:15that you liked and kind of how has he adapted to the team so far?

01:18Yeah, great athleticism and size.

01:20You know, it's just that God doesn't make

01:21very many people like that, right?

01:22And he's got a great spirit every single day.

01:25You know, he has the right mindset and the right attitude.

01:28He's a guy that played basketball,

01:29you know, in high school and then kind of has grown

01:31into a football player, and with that size and strength,

01:34it's something we really want to take advantage of.