Oregon defensive end Jordan Burch announces plans for 2024 season
Oregon’s top pass-rusher is coming back for one last ride in Eugene.
On Saturday standout defensive end Jordan Burch announced via an Instagram post that he will return for his senior season with the Ducks.
In 13 games this season, Burch racked up 33 total tackles and a team-high 7.5 tackles for loss. He added 3.0 sacks and finished second among all Oregon players with 27 quarterback pressures and 20 hurries.
Burch played his best football toward the end of the season and produced big performances in wins over USC and Oregon State. During Oregon’s Pac-12 title game showdown with Washington, he suffered an injury during the first quarter and was sidelined for the remainder of the game.
A former 5-star signee Burch was the No. 11 overall player and the No. 1 EDGE prospect in the 2020 class. He began his career at South Carolina before opting to transfer to Oregon last offseason.
More on Oregon’s offseason outlook
Few programs in all of college football experienced a greater amount of transfer portal activity than Oregon did during the 2023 cycle.
A total of 30 Oregon scholarship players entered the portal during the previous two transfer windows — 21 in the winter and nine in the spring. Meanwhile, the Ducks added 14 scholarship players during that same period.
Many of their portal additions — including receiver Tez Johnson, cornerback Khyree Jackson, safety Evan Williams, and right tackle Ajani Cornelius — locked down starting jobs and played key roles during the 2023 season.
This offseason, Oregon will once again look for opportunities to improve its roster by way of the portal.
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During the month of December, the Ducks made several significant portal additions — including that of former Oklahoma star quarterback Dillon Gabriel.
Track transfer portal activity
While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.
If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to the On3 Transfer Portal.
The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Industry recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
