Amid different departures on the place, Oregon is ready to return a key large receiver in 2025 after junior Evan Stewart introduced his plans to return to the Geese in 2025 on social media Tuesday.
Stewart’s determination to forego the NFL Draft in favor of a fourth season in school soccer comes after the 6-foot, 175-pound large receiver completed as Oregon’s second-leading cross catcher in his debut season with this system.
A switch from Texas A&M, Stewart logged 48 receptions for 613 yards and a joint team-high 5 touchdowns in 2024, rising because the second-most focused cross catcher in an Oregon offense that completed thirteenth nationally in passing yards and lifted the Geese (13-1) to the highest seed within the 12-team School Soccer Playoff discipline.
Stewart missed Oregon’s Jan. 1 Rose Bowl defeat to Ohio State resulting from a pregame damage. His determination to return comes as a wanted increase because the Geese put together to switch important large receiver manufacturing this offseason after reaching this system’s highest win whole since 2014.
Receiver Tez Johnson, who set Oregon’s single-season receptions document in 2023, introduced his intention to enter the NFL Draft on Monday after main the Geese with 83 passes for 898 yards and 10 touchdowns in his senior season. Oregon can also be set to lose veteran receiver Traeshon Holden, who recorded 45 catches for 718 yards and 5 touchdowns in his last season of school eligibility in 2024. Tight finish Terrance Ferguson (43 receptions, 591 yards, three touchdowns in 2024) joined Johnson and defensive deal with Derrick Harmon among the many star Geese to declare for the NFL Draft on Monday.
These departures depart Stewart as Oregon’s solely returning cross catcher who eclipsed 30 receptions in 2024 and in place to assert No. 1 large receiver duties with the Geese in 2025.
Stewart’s announcement arrived hours after Oregon landed a switch portal dedication from former Florida State and Alabama large receiver Malik Benson, who will be a part of the Geese with an extra 12 months of eligibility granted by the NCAA’s December ruling on junior school athletes. Oregon’s 2025 roster can even embody 2025 ESPN 300 signees Dakorien Moore — ESPN’s No. 1 general large receiver prospect) and four-star cross catcher Cooper Perry (No. 196 general).
Stewart, a former five-star prospect within the class of 2022 out of Frisco, Texas, started his school profession at Texas A&M, the place he totaled 91 catches for 1,163 yards and 6 touchdowns throughout two seasons and earned Freshman All-America honors in 2022. ESPN ranks Stewart because the No. 40 general NFL Draft prospect and the sixth-ranked large receiver within the upcoming draft cycle.
Stewart reached 100 yards receiving in simply two video games all through an up-and-down first season at Oregon in 2024. His most efficient efficiency got here within the Geese’ thrilling, 32-31 win over Ohio State on Oct. 12, when Stewart recorded seven receptions for 149 with a second-quarter landing. He caught a season-high 10 passes in Oregon’s Nov. 16 win over Wisconsin.