Reviewing Oregon’s 2022 season and looking ahead to spring drills.
2022 ROSTER
LT: T.J. Bass, Sr.; Josh Conerly Jr., Fr.; Michael Wooten, Fr.; Bailey Jaramillo, RFr.
LG: Ryan Walk, Sr.; Faaope Laloulu, So.; Dave Iuli, Fr.; Charlie Pickard, RFr.
C: Alex Forsyth, Sr.; Jackson Powers-Johnson, So.; Kanen Rossi, RFr.
RG: : Steven Jones, Jr.; Marcus Harper II, So.; Kawika Rogers, Fr.; Holden Whipple, RFr.
RT: Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Sr.; Dawson Jaramillo, Jr.; Bram Walden, Fr.; Cole Young, So.
Starters: The Ducks returned an enviable amount of experience for the 2022 season, and boy, did it show. Oregon led the nation with just five sacks allowed this past fall, tied for 10th in the country by averaging four tackles for loss allowed per game, and was sixth in the FBS in rushing with 5.52 yards per carry. The five sacks were the fewest allowed by an FBS team that doesn’t run a triple-option offense since 2015. All of that success contributed to the Ducks being a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding offensive line.
Oregon’s bookends on the line were seniors T.J. Bass and Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, and each started all 13 games at tackle in the 2022 season. Bass was a first-team all-Pac-12 selection by conference coaches, and “Sala” received honorable mention. The man in the middle was another first-team all-conference guy in the eyes of coaches, Alex Forsyth. The native Oregonian battled through a shoulder issue late in the year that finally sidelined him against Utah, but he returned for the final two games of the year.
Another in-state success story, Ryan Walk, opened the year as a starter, was injured in the opener but returned after missing one game to start all season at guard, with the exception of one start at center in place of Forsyth – when Walk played despite missing practice all week due to an injury of his own. Steven Jones missed a large chunk of the season due to injury but returned late in the year, while Marcus Harper II emerged as a steady presence after entering the lineup when Walk was hurt against Georgia.
Reserves: Oregon’s highest graded offensive lineman in 2022 according to the analytics web site Pro Football Focus was actually the team’s sixth man on the line, Jackson Powers-Johnson. He had the highest grade on the team in both run blocking and pass blocking, and he handled a starting assignment against Utah when Walk moved inside to spell Forsyth. The other…
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