Twitter Reaction: Top recruits have rave reviews for Oregon’s Saturday Night Live

zachary neel

Sun, Jul 30, 2023, 11:18 AM·5 min read

One of the biggest recruiting days of the year took place for the Oregon Ducks over the weekend. Dan Lanning and the Oregon coaching staff hosted several dozen high school prospects for the annual Saturday Night Live camp in Autzen Stadium.

Some of the top prospects in the nation, committed and uncommitted, flocked to Oregon for a visit to the Ducks and a skills camp that allowed coaches to evaluate their abilities. A handful of offers went out after the camp, and a couple of commitments came in for the Ducks, including one from four-star wide receiver Adrian Wilson, the No. 85 player in the 2025 class.

Unsurprisingly, the reviews from recruits has been extremely positive, with many of them taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, to post photos and videos from the day.

Here are some of the best reactions we’ve seen:

4-star QB Akili Smith Jr.

Saturday night. #oregon pic.twitter.com/bvo8cBylAy
— Akili Smith Jr (@Akilismithjr) July 30, 2023

2027 RB Caleb Bey Jr.

Out hear in Eugene living my best life @oregonfootball @duckscrootin @Locklyn33 @ColinLockett15 @GregBiggins @BrandonHuffman @adamgorney @MDFootball pic.twitter.com/98UkCoucDC
— Caleb Bey Jr . C/O 2027 (@BeyCalebjr) July 30, 2023

2026 WR Jalen Lott

After a great conversation with @CoachDanLanning I’m blessed to say I have received an offer from the University of Oregon!!🦆@ChrisRossLOJO @Coach_Lavender @coach_jackson49 pic.twitter.com/HF7Hc2xlb2
— Jalen Lott (@JLott2026) July 30, 2023

4-star TE A.J. Pugliano

Oregon TE commit AJ Pugliano with a nice grab here. pic.twitter.com/xnIENPoCrG
— Jared Mack (@Jared_Mack7) July 30, 2023

4-star OT Fox Crader

Vancouver (Wash.) Evergreen four-star OL Fox Crader, a commit to Oregon, going through drills at Oregon’s SNL Camp https://t.co/SAyvQsMQqT pic.twitter.com/rAhdz8uZGz
— Brandon Huffman (@BrandonHuffman) July 30, 2023

4-star CB Blake Woodby

Video of four-star CB @blake_woodby jumping a route and just missing the interception.
Woodby, I thought, was the best CB at SNL tonight, coming away with multiple interceptions and passes defended. pic.twitter.com/QAV8DIqsUy
— Jared Mack (@Jared_Mack7) July 30, 2023

Oregon K Commit Gage Hurych

So good to be back home!!@CoachDanLanning pic.twitter.com/U1XOTqEgaJ
— Gage Hurych (@GHurych) July 30, 2023

2024 QB Ryder Hayes

“Texas👢➡️Eugene🦆” -LOCKED IN @_AParks4 @CoachWillStein @CoachDanLanning pic.twitter.com/xsyWA3kNJs
— ryderhayes14 (@ryderhayes22) July 30, 2023

2025 4-star WR Adrian Wilson

“Texas👢➡️Eugene🦆” -1000% COMMITTED @_AParks4 @CoachWillStein @junioradams13 @CoachDanLanning pic.twitter.com/n1YBwBDHl4
— Adrian Wilson (@adr1anwilson) July 30, 2023

2024 CB Ugochukwu Odoemelam

Had great time competing at @oregonfootball SNL today!! Big thanks to the coaches for the coaching and putting together a great camp!@CoachDanLanning @coach_meat @Coach_CHampton @CoachJoeLorig @WS_TITAN_FB @AlphaFootballOR @DY_Lee11 @ifo14 @BrandonHuffman pic.twitter.com/yvFyTLWb90
— Ugochukwu Odoemelam (@heyitsugo) July 30, 2023

Fight Night Mixed In

🥊🦆 pic.twitter.com/ri2Slm6dLM
— Oregon Football (@oregonfootball) July 30, 2023

3-star S Elyjah Gordon

After a great conversation with Coach @CoachDanLanning I am blessed to say I have received an offer for the University of Oregon @GregBiggins @Rivals @DannyLockhartS1 @TEAMHUSTLEFTBL @BrandonHuffman @RCHSCougarsFB pic.twitter.com/pLxcDlneOi
— Elyjah Gordon (@ElyjahGordon) July 30, 2023

3-star WR Jase Nix

Had an amazing time today at Oregon’s SNL thank you to all the coaches for having me out… Can’t wait to be back #Scoducks @JHopkinsSD @junioradams13 @CoachKaai pic.twitter.com/p4jQ4VJGjT
— Jase (@jasenix2) July 30, 2023

3-star IOL Daniel Boyd

Had a great time at Oregon Today🦆 can’t wait to be back! @105CoachTerry @Cale56baker @coach_cavanaugh @105CoachTerry #goducks pic.twitter.com/uAulQtI1pj
— DANIEL BOYD‼️ 3 ⭐️ (@DanielBoyd06) July 29, 2023

Oregon Legend Akili Smith

Saturday night lights!!!
Well done @CoachWillStein and @Jordan_Salkin… A1 Coaching…
Qb’s left to right… @qbhank19 @malikw2025 @Akilismithjr @mike3k_ #QB_U #U_OF_O pic.twitter.com/7I9QYYqJj8
— Akili Smith (@akili_smith) July 30, 2023

2026 LB Donnie Vercher

Had a great #SNL camp at @oregonfootball today. I really appreciate the guidance and coaching from @CoachLup and @CoachMikeLBs. I'll be back! #scoducks 🦆@CoachPyne67 @ccramfootball @B12PFootball @BrandonHuffman @247Sports @AndrewNemec @JordanJ_ @PrepRedzoneOR @PrepRedzone… pic.twitter.com/ZxJdFzVSEb
— Donnie Vercher III (@dverch3) July 30, 2023

3-star OT Raphael Greene

#UpDaSco🦆 pic.twitter.com/PSTFFbUPrc
— Raphael “Big Ralph” Greene 🇬🇭 (@RaphaelGreene73) July 30, 2023

3-star OL Jake Normoyle

📍🦆 SNL was 🔥 last night! Great atmosphere, great coaches! Sco Ducks! @105CoachTerry @coach_cavanaugh @CutterLeftwich @CoachJoeLorig @westlinn_fb @jon_eagle @anthonyQnewman8 @TFordFSP @CoachLinny @BrandonHuffman @JHopkinsSD pic.twitter.com/3TNfri9D0r
— Jake Normoyle (@NormoyleJake) July 30, 2023

3-star ATH Hunter Haines

Had a great day at @oregonfootball SNL camp, fastest guy there running 4.43 40 yard dash and 22.7 mph on catapult!!! Excited to get back down to Eugene soon!! @CoachDanLanning @Coach_CHampton @_CoachBoyd @CoachJoeLorig @BrandonHuffman @eforcefootball @westlinn_fb pic.twitter.com/XhWEdHoIGy
— Hunter Haines (@Hunter3Haines) July 30, 2023

2026 DL Jahkeem Stewart

Had a great time competing against some of the best from the west at @oregonfootball 🟡🟢🦆 thank you @CoachSkyJones @_AParks4 for having me@EDGEASSASSINS @foster20504 @CoachTuioti92 @CoachDanLanning @CoachLup @Coach_CHampton @ChadSimmons_ @adamgorney @SWiltfong247 @Jeff_XOS pic.twitter.com/XNvjXGAVZp
— Jahkeem “THANOS” Stewart (@Jahkeem2026) July 30, 2023

3-star WR Landon Kelsey