Brian Michalowski’s Confidence in Oregon Linebackers Remains Steady: ‘It’s just build from within’

Oregons linebacker room carries a lot of intrigue heading into the 2025 season as Brian Michalowksi builds on a foundation of talented returners.

Hes also been tasked with developing a few younger players that can step into the rotation as the Ducks head into the season-opener against Montana State.He with with reporters on Wednesday following Oregons 12th practice of fall camp.

Below are some of the most notable quotes from his media availability.On Devin Jacksoncoming off an injury, how prepared he is for a bigger roleMichalowksi: Its a physical game.

Theres gonna be injuries.

Thats part of it.

You gotta really coach them to handle the mental adversity of it, but see the opportunity in challenges.

Hes really embraced the time he had off to focus in on the playbook, just be the best teammate he could be on the side as well.

Really increase some leadership.

He hasnt missed a beat.

Hes really setting himself up for a great season this year.On what Brayden Platts done to position himself for playing timeMichalowksi: Just attacked every single day with a growth mindset.

The mentality that we have in our room, its gotta be with that growth mindset and you gotta be a leader.

Hes just day by day come to work, really challenged himself to understand the playbook better.

Hes growing a lot from a communicator, his volume.

We have a saying that volume displays confidence.

So just hearing out there on the sideline and hearing how hes communicating.

Its just all the preparation.

Its the day to day and were year round with these guys.

These guys work incredibly hard and hes worked incredibly hard up to this point.On what makes Jerry Mixon ready for a bigger roleMichalowksi: Jerrys developed himself and hes been very patient.

But theres no substitute for the experience hes had the last couple years being behind the guys that hes been behind.

Lot of practice reps.

He might be consistently, every camp, the highest rep count linebacker when it comes to reps out there.

He does an unbelievable job staying healthy.

Hes been healthy, hes gotten a ton of reps.

He had a great spring.

He came out in the spring game, had a great spring game.

That wasnt a surprise to me.

The development process of college football, hes right here going into his third year in the program and it should be Jerrys time.On depth of linebacker room, overall growthMichalowksi: The thing that take a lot of pride in is treating everyone like they could be the starter.

You just develop every single guy to tink of themself as a starter.

We do a great job of having rotations at practice.

Splitting the team green/yellow.

A lot of guys get different experiences with each other.

So theyre building that cohesiveness, theres gonna things that happen during the season.

Theres gonna be guys that go down.

Theres that saying Next man up but truly here we are preparing that every single day that we practice in camp with how we rotate green/yellow.On how many linebackers he wants to rotateMichalowksi: Its about whos really ready to play in that moment.

Theres some teams that play 90% of snaps with two linebackers.

That hasnt been the case since Ive been here because Jamal Hill is an NFL linebacker.

He was a rotational guy.

Bryce Boettcher was in that room too.

We had Jestin Jacobs.

Theres been depth in that room in the past.

I think if we can roll with four or five, we like to have a lot of linebackers on special teams.

Its all about how many guys we can get on the bus or the plane at our level.

Id love to travel six or seven linebackers if I could, but just prepare each one of those guys to step up in the role when the opportunity comes.On what gave him the confidence to stick with his guys rather than utilize transfer portalMichalowksi: I think its just the philosophy and I spoke of this in the spring.

This is a position takes a lot of experience and a lot of leadership and a lot of communication.

And I think its best to build from the bottom up.

We had a great signing class with those three Brayden Platt, Kamar Mothudi, Dylan Williams.

They all redshirted last year.

We believe in those guys.

We brought em in here and we feel like the development has been on the upward trend with em.

Its just build from within philosophy.

When you can do that, do it.

Stick to that philosophy..

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