Oregon EDGE Teitum Tuioti out for season with knee injury
Star edge rusher Teitum Tuioti is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, Dan Lanning announced during his weekly press conference on Monday night.
- … I don't know if he'll get another chance to play at Oregon, but whoever gets that guy in the future is gonna be really lucky." Tuioti is a candidate to leave Oregon for the NFL draft this offseason, but he does have the option to return for a fifth season in Eugene, where his father, Tony, serves as Oregon's defensive line coach.
- Tuioti racked up 44 tackles, 5.5 sacks and a team-leading nine tackles for loss this season.
- The senior leads the Ducks with 7.5 sacks this season and worked well in tandem with Tuioti.
Without a vocal leader on the edge of Oregon's defense for the rest of the season, the Ducks will lean on veteran Matayo Uiagalelei as a pass rusher.
Tuioti has been an impact player for four seasons with the Ducks and one of the standout defenders along the defensive line this season.
- Tuioti was carted off the field and later had his left knee wrapped up.
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- The Oregon Ducks stunned the college football world with a dominant 41-28 win on the road over Ohio State last week, but it came at a serious cost.
- Lanning was "praying" for good news, but unfortunately, Tuioti may have played his last snap with the Ducks.
- In four seasons with the Ducks, Tuioti collected 200 tackles, 36.5 tackles for loss and 22.5 sacks.
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