Bryan Addison taking break from Oregon football for personal reasons, Dan Lanning says

Dan Lanning revealed Oregon sixth-year senior Bryan Addison is taking a break from the team for personal reasons.

The defensive back played in four games this season, but did not play against Washington. It was the Ducks’ first loss of the season.

Lanning did not provide a timetable for Addison’s return and kept it a personal matter.

“BA’s taking a break for himself for personal reasons,” Lanning said. “I won’t discuss that. beyond that.”

In four games this season, Addison has 11 total tackles, four solo tackles and one interception. In his career, he has 51 total tackles, 29 solo tackles, one tackle for loss, four interceptions, six pass deflections and one forced fumble.

Addison only switched to defensive back in 2020. He was recruited as a wide receiver and grabbed 18 catches for 203 yards and a touchdown back in 2019, his second year with the program.

As a member of the Class of 2018, Addison was a three-star recruit out of Gardena (Calif.) Junipero Serra, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was the No. 50 overall prospect in the state, the No. 80 wide receiver in the class and the No. 417 overall prospect in the class.

Bryan Addison taking break, Dan Lanning assesses Oregon

With Addison taking a break for personal reasons, Lanning was asked a follow up question about himself and the team in general. Specifically about Sunday, the day after the team’s loss.

“Yeah, I mean, first off, you’re I guess you’re assuming I went to bed, right,” Lanning said. “I came, anxious to get to work and say, ‘Okay, what can I go fix and where can we get better?’

“We played a tough game against a team that went down the wire and you evaluate and assess every single situation that shows up in that game and then you say, ‘Okay, now how can I build off this and learn off of it?’ That’s always gonna be my mindset. What can I learn? And where can we improve as a team?”

Safe to say, Lanning and the program are ready to get better immediately. The Ducks host Washington State Saturday. 

“We had a phenomenal practice, our players, in fact, you know, we were a GPS units to tell how fast our guys run during practices,” Lanning said. “Our guys are running 5% faster than ever on any Monday this year, which when it comes to speeds that’s pretty impressive. 

“You know, these guys came to work, they wanted to wear shoulder pads today, these guys wanted to go, so I think it tells you about our team’s mindset, where they’re set and it’s really the same thing for our entire staff. Our staff wanted come in and get better as soon as they could.”