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Oregon spring game legends: The who, why and where they've been
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Oregon spring game legends: The who, why and where they've been

Dan Lanning's staff is bringing a father of four, a man of the year, a burger king and a Lion back for next month's spring game.

Tyson Alger
Mar 24
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LaMichael James is one of four former Oregon stars returning for this yearโ€™s spring game. (GoDucks.com photo)

The spring game is never just a spring game anymore. In todayโ€™s version of college football, the finale of spring practice has to be a showcase. Itโ€™s turned into one of the most important recruiting days of the year here in Oregon, where prospective athletes flock to campus with UO trying its best to put on a show. 

This yearโ€™s game on April 23 even comes along with a name: Duck Day, UO announced this week.  

And part of Duck Day 2022 sees four former football players returning to serve as honorary coaches alongside first-year head coach Dan Lanning and his staff. 

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๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . @DATBLACKMOMBA13, @Haloti_Ngata92, @arikarmstead and @LaMichaelJames will be back in Autzen Stadium on April 23 to serve as honorary coaches at the Oregon Spring Game. #GoDucks

March 23rd 2022

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Lanning had a pretty large list of potential alumni he could have picked, but the grouping of Arik Armstead, LaMichael James, Haloti Ngata and Deโ€™Anthony Thomas highlights four massively influential players in UO history โ€” from what it meant for them to be here, to what they did afterwards. 

Hereโ€™s a look at why Oregon chose these four and what theyโ€™ve been up to since they left Eugene.

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