Oregon redshirt-freshmen JR Waters, Isaac Townsend enter NCAA transfer portal

JR Waters, Isaac Townsend enter NCAA transfer portal originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest

Add two more names to the list of Oregon Ducks who have now entered the NCAA transfer portal.

On Wednesday, redshirt-freshman JR Waters and Isaac Townsend have joined Daewood Davis, Jayvaun Wilson, MJ Cunningham, Cyrus Habibi-Likio and Cale Millen all in the transfer portal.

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Here’s a look at their individual Oregon careers:

JR WATERS

Waters was rated a four-star prospect coming out of high school and the consensus No. 9 ranked wide receiver in the state of California. 

The 6’3”, 187-pound wide receiver chose Oregon over Arizona State, Michigan, Nebraska, Utah and Washington State among others. 

After utilizing a redshirt season in 2019 due to an injury that required surgery, Waters moved from receiver to corner and saw time in two games last season during the Pac-12 and Oregon’s shortened seven-game season. He finished with one solo tackles against the Cal Golden Bears.

ISAAC TOWNSEND

Townsend was a consensus three-star prospect from the state of Colorado coming out of Ralston Valley High School in Arvada, Colorado. He chose Oregon over Boise State, Iowa State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington State among others. 

The 6’5”, 257-pound defensive end utilized a redshirt season in 2019 and didn’t see any game time in 2020.