20-04-2025
Kingston Lopa says 5-star freshman Trey McNutt will ‘be a dude' for Oregon
Kingston Lopa says 5-star freshman Trey McNutt will 'be a dude' for Oregon
The days of freshmen coming into a football program wide-eyed and green around the gills are long over.
Many freshmen now enroll early, fully participate in spring practice and are expected to perform immediately. In short, they're more prepared to play now than ever before and one of those freshmen for the Oregon Ducks in defensive back Trey McNutt.
According to redshirt freshman defensive back Kingston Lopa, McNutt is even more prepared to play than he was at this time last year.
'Man, Trey McNutt, he's gonna be a dude. For sure, he's gonna be a dude," Lopa said. "He's young, but I kind of look at it, I kind of see myself in him from last year. So that's why I really try to help him and try to make sure, like because he's ahead of where we were, where a lot of us freshman last year were like around this time, so he's really trying to get him to be at the level that we're trying to be at.'
Lopa didn't play a whole lot last season, as he retained his redshirt status from his freshman year, but he did play in the Big Ten Championship Game and gain valuable experience that will help him this season with a young, but talented, defensive unit.
McNutt, out of Cleveland, was rated the No. 21 recruit nationally and the top safety in the country by Rivals and with as young as the defensive back room is at Oregon, he could see some significant time on the field in 2025 if McNutt shows he's capable of handling it.
He might be that "dude" sooner rather than later.
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