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Oregon Fall Camp: Sunday Night Lights at Autzen Stadium

Select fans watched the Ducks practice under the lights

By Tony Piraro
NCAA Football: Stanford at Oregon Scott Olmos-USA TODAY Sports

EUGENE, Oregon — Season ticket holders and donors were treated to barbeque and Oregon football practice under the lights at Autzen Stadium on Sunday. Willie Taggart wanted to run through a game day rehearsal with his staff and players.

The Ducks concluded their third week of fall training camp with a dry run outside of their normal practice facility. Taggart wanted to evaluate his team at Autzen just 13 days from opening day vs Southern Utah.

Originally the Ducks were scheduled to scrimmage in front of a small group of fans. With the amount of work the team has been putting in lately, Taggart decided to take it down a notch on Sunday.

Oregon participated in some live offensive and defensive group drills, alongside focused special teams work.

Freshman wide receiver Johnny Johnson III impressed fans and coaches alike with a few spectacular plays on Sunday evening. The No. 2 wide receiver prospect out of Arizona looks primed for a productive collegiate debut this season.

For a closer look at the freshman’s receiving skills, check out Twitter @TheQuackFiend this week. The Quack Addict will have a full slow motion video breakdown of Oregon’s improving wideout.

The Ducks will move their scheduled scrimmage to Tuesday afternoon at Autzen Stadium. Game prep for Southern Utah (9/2) will begin next weekend.

At the start of practice, linebacker Kaulana Apelu was awarded for his development and commitment with a scholarship by Taggart. The junior walked on as a freshman in 2015. That season, he appeared in all 13 games as a special teams ace.

Oregon v Washington
Kaulana Apelu unloads on Washington kick returner Kendyl Taylor at Husky Stadium in 2015. The former walk-on earned a scholarship from his head coach on Sunday evening in front of fans and his family at Autzen Stadium. The junior immediately followed the honor with a tackle in Oregon’s Oklahoma drill.
Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE DUCKS

Taggart has child-like excitement for Monday’s solar eclipse. He is going to make sure that his team is practicing at the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex during the event on Monday morning.

Yeah, I want to see it. Everyone talks about it and how it’s going to be dark at 10 o’clock, that’s pretty amazing to me. I want to see that. That’s going to be pretty cool. I’m going to make sure we’re practicing at that time so we all see that. How about that?

We'll continue to post interviews with Coach T and his coaches/players on a daily basis.

ATQ will have updates, breaking news, and photo/video live feeds on Twitter for the entirety of fall camp. The Quack Addict will give fans an inside look at Oregon football throughout the season.

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