Oregon's Jackson Shelstad signs with Ducks, makes return for 2025-2026 official

Oregon guard Jackson Shelstad has signed a new deal with the school, guaranteeing his return next season, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Shelstad will be a junior in the 2025-26 season.

He started in all 35 games for the Ducks this season. Shelstad averaged 13.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while shooting 45.1% from the field and 37.9% from beyond the arc.

Jackson Shelstad only stepped up his game in the postseason. He averaged 21 points per game in Oregon’s two NCAA Tournament outings. He was particularly fantastic in Oregon’s season-ending 87-83 loss to Arizona when he tallied 25 points on 9-14 shooting.

Oregon has been knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the Round of 32 in both of his years with the Ducks. After Oregon’s loss to Arizona, head coach Dana Altman discussed the importance of players returning to help the program get over the hump.

“I hope the guys want to stay,” Altman said. “We’ll have conversations with them. I told them to focus on winning ball games and we would worry about that after the season. The agents and everybody probably aren’t waiting too much, but we’ll talk to the guys, and like I said, everybody that’s eligible to come back, I hope they want to come back, and I hope they want to work their tails off so that we get better.

“We’ll have those conversations and hopefully they go our way, and if not, then we’ll find a group that wants to be at Oregon and wants to compete in the Big Ten and wants to try to go a little further in the NCAA Tournament.”

Oregon is also bringing in help from outside the program this offseason. On March 29, Texas transfer Devon Pryor committed to the Ducks, via the NCAA Transfer Portal.

Pryor saw limited action during his two seasons with the Longhorns, only averaging 12.1 minutes per game this season. Nonetheless, Altman is hopeful Pryor will thrive in a new environment. He isn’t alone.

“It was the fit. I think the fit was the most important thing for me, coming from Texas,” Pryor said. “Dana, proven coach. Always be in the tournament, and always have a solid team. I feel like having the three core starters back, [Nate] Bittle, Jackson, and [Kwame Evans Jr.], I feel like I could go and help this team and have a role.”