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Former Georgia Bulldogs defensive tackle Bear Alexander has drawn rave reviews for his spring with the Oregon Ducks. Alexander transferred to Oregon this offseason after his controversial decision to voluntarily redshirt the 2024 college football season with the USC Trojans.
Alexander recorded five tackles for USC in 2024 after posting 47 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks with USC in 2023. He chose to redshirt to keep two years of college eligibility. Alexander played with the Georgia Bulldogs in 2022, appearing in 12 games and racking up nine tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks, including a sack in Georgia’s national championship win over TCU.
Now, he is hoping to reach his potential with Oregon. Alexander, a former five-star recruit, is practicing with the Ducks as they prepare for the 2025 college football season.
“To this point right now, Bear (Alexander) has been, I’d say, one of the hardest workers on the entire defense, from a from an extra work and mental standpoint,” said Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi.
Alexander needs to play with more consistency to elevate his NFL draft hopes. He is reunited with former Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, who helped recruit him to UGA, at Oregon.
“All you can do is research the heck out of them,” Lupoi said about adding Alexander. “Thankfully, we’ve had a lot of strong relationships at the University of Georgia, both myself and coach Lanning with his past experience, so there are some guys there that we can trust. And then we have faith in ourselves. If there are some concerns there, you know, that’s up to us as far as we make that decision, then how we can attack that and challenge him.”
Ducks Wire’s Zachary Neel proposes that Ducks fans have cautious optimism for the former Georgia and USC defensive lineman.
“Intriguing for Oregon fans?” said Neel….
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Publish date : 2025-03-18 14:38:00
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