Oregon Ducks take over as frontrunner to sign 4-star offensive tackle
The positive recruiting news continues to pour in for the Oregon Ducks over the past month, with several top-rated players in the nation taking official visits to Eugene and strongly considering commitments to the Ducks.
Over the past couple of weeks, 5-star offensive tackle Immanuel Iheanacho has been trending to the Ducks, and this week, it appears that one of the other top OTs in the nation, 4-star Kelvin Obot, is doing the same as well.
According to On3's Recruiting Prediction Machine, a pair of predictions have come down for Obot to choose the Ducks, from Nebraska Cornhuskers writers Bryan Munson and Sean Callahan. Nebraska is one of the schools in on Obot, so the writers likely received some intel that the Idaho product is trending towards a college career in the Pacific Northwest.
Obot has two pretty different ratings on 247Sports and On3. The former sees him as the No. 10 OT and No. 139 player in the 2026 class, while On3 rates Obot as the No. 3 OT and No. 9 overall player in the class.
Regardless of where the recruiting services view Obot, it's clear that the Ducks want him and hope to pair him with Iheanacho in the 2026 class, bookending their future tackle positions down the road. We will see if Oregon can secure his commitment over the likes of Utah, Nebraska, and Michigan, but if they do, it will be a massive victory.
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