2013 Oregon Ducks football team explained

Year:	2013
Team:	Oregon Ducks
Sport:	football
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Division:	North Division
Short Conf:	Pac-12
Coachrank:	9
Aprank:	9
Record:	11–2
Conf Record:	7–2
Head Coach:	Mark Helfrich
Hc Year:	1st
Off Coach:	Scott Frost
Oc Year:	1st
Off Scheme:	No-huddle spread option
Def Coach:	Nick Aliotti
Dc Year:	17th
Def Scheme:	Hybrid 3–4
Captain:	Game captains
Stadium:	Autzen Stadium
Champion:	Pac-12 North Division co-champion Alamo Bowl champion
Bowl:	Alamo Bowl
Bowl Result:	W 30–7 vs. Texas
Uniform:	Oregonducks football.png

The 2013 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first year head coach Mark Helfrich and played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 47th consecutive year. They were a member of the Pac-12 Conference in the North Division.

The Ducks had high hopes coming off of a 12–1 (8–1) season a victory in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl; many considered them a contender for the BCS national championship game the following year.^[1] However, these hopes were thrown into question shortly after their Fiesta Bowl victory, on January 16, 2013. Head coach Chip Kelly announced that he had agreed to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles to become their new head coach after several disappointing seasons under Andy Reid; Kelly brought Oregon defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro along with him to Philadelphia.^[2] ^[3]

As they have done in every case of hiring a new head coach since 1995, the Ducks hired from within and promoted fourth-year offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mark Helfrich to the head coach position. Along with the head coach change, wide receivers coach Scott Frost was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Duke wide receivers coach Matt Lubick and Arizona Cardinals defensive line coach Ron Aiken were hired to fill their respective positions on Oregon's staff.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Oregon started the season ranked^[7] third behind Ohio State and Alabama, and rose to second after their first game, a 66–3 win over Nicholls State in Week 1. They continued their winning ways, posting double-digit wins over Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA, and eventually found themselves in a duel with Florida State over the number 2 spot in the BCS poll, with Alabama at number 1. The wheels came off though, as they did the year previously, against Stanford, losing 26–20 on the road. The Ducks would rebound with a home win over Utah, but lose again at home to Arizona, the Ducks’ first loss to an unranked foe since 2009.

Sitting at 9–2 (7–2) and out of the BCS bowl picture for the first time in four years, Oregon had the Civil War left to play. Both Oregon and Oregon State were coming off of losses and had no major spoils to play for. Oregon came from behind in a back-and-forth fourth quarter and scored a touchdown (and failed to convert the two-point attempt) with 29 seconds left to win, 36–35.

Finishing the regular season at 10–2 (7–2) Oregon had extended winning streaks in two major rivalries, making it 10 years in a row against Washington, and six years in a row against Oregon State, as well as achieving a sixth consecutive 10-win season and an undefeated season at home for the first time in three years.

On December 8, 2013, the Ducks were invited to play in the Alamo Bowl against Texas in what would be Texas head coach Mack Brown and Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti's last games before retiring. Oregon won the Alamo bowl 30–7, tying a school record set from 1999 to 2001 for consecutive bowl wins at three, with rookie head coach Mark Helfrich becoming the first Oregon head coach to go to and win a bowl game in his rookie year (Rich Brooks won his first bowl game, after 12 years as head coach at Oregon, Mike Belloti and Chip Kelly each went to and lost a bowl game in their first years). Oregon finished the season at 11–2, only their fifth season with 11 or more wins in 118 years of football.^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

Departing players

No juniors or redshirt sophomores declared early eligibility for the 2013 NFL draft.

Num	Player	Position	Starter	Class	Drafted	Round	Pick	Notes
10	Rahsaan Vaughn	WR	N	SR	N
20	John Boyett	FS	Y	SR	Y	6	192	Released prior to regular season due to arrest^[12]
36	Jennings Stewart	TE	N	SR	N
46		LB	Y	SR	N			Undrafted free agent signed by Miami Dolphins^[13]
47		LB	Y	SR	Y	2	46	2013 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year NFL All-Rookie Team^[14]
49	Jackson Rice	P	Y	SR	N
59	Jeff Palmer	LS	N	SR	N
60	Ryan Clanton	OL	Y	SR	N
61	Nick Cody	OL	Y	SR	N
65	Isaac Remington	DT	N	SR	N			Undrafted free agent signed by Philadelphia Eagles
74		OL	Y	SR	Y	1	20	2014 Pro Bowl NFL All-Rookie Team
77	Carson York	OL	Y	SR	N
87	Nick Morrison	DL	N	SR	N
89	Will Murphy	WR	N	SR	N
93	Rob Beard	PK	Y	SR	N
96		DE	Y	SR	Y	1	3

Preseason

Returning starters

Offense

Player	Class	Position
Marcus Mariota	Sophomore	Quarterback
Josh Huff	Senior	Wide receiver
Keanon Lowe	Junior	Wide receiver
Daryle Hawkins	Senior	Wide receiver
Colt Lyerla	Junior	Tight end
Tyler Johnstone	Sophomore	Left tackle
Hroniss Grasu	Junior	Center
Jake Fisher	Junior	Right tackle
Reference:^[15]

Defense

Player	Class	Position
Taylor Hart	Senior	Defensive end
Wade Keli'ikipi	Senior	Defensive tackle
Boseko Lokombo	Senior	Outside Linebacker
Terrence Mitchell	Junior	Cornerback
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	Junior	Cornerback
Brian Jackson	Senior	Safety
Avery Patterson	Senior	Safety
Reference:

Special teams

Player	Class	Position
De'Anthony Thomas	Junior	Returner
Alejandro Maldonado	Senior	Place kicker
Drew Howell	Senior	Long snapper
Reference:

Awards watch lists

The following Oregon players appeared on preseason award watch lists

Maxwell Award – College Football Player of the Year^[16]

Walter Camp Award – Player of the Year^[17]

Marcus Mariota
De'Anthony Thomas

Davey O'Brien Award – Best Quarterback^[18]

Marcus Mariota

Doak Walker Award – Best Runningback^[19]

De'Anthony Thomas

Biletnikoff Award – Best Receiver^[20]

Josh Huff

Mackey Award – Most Outstanding Collegiate Tight End^[21]

Colt Lyerla

Rimington Trophy – Most Outstanding Collegiate Center^[22]

Hroniss Grasu

Outland Trophy – Best Interior Lineman in College Football^[23]

Hroniss Grasu
Tyler Johnstone

Lombardi Award – Best Lineman^[24]

Hroniss Grasu
Tyler Johnstone

Bednarik Award – Defensive Player of the Year^[25]

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu

Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Most Outstanding Defensive Player^[26]

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
Terrence Mitchell

Jim Thorpe Award – Best Defensive Back^[27]

Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
Terrence Mitchell

Butkus Award – Best Linebacker^[28]

Boseko Lokombo

Spring football

On April 27, 2013 the Oregon Ducks capped off their spring football practices with the traditional Spring Football Game, open to the public held at Autzen Stadium. As has been the practice for many years, in order to gain admission to the game each fan must donate at least three non-perishable food items to Food for Lane County on their way in the stadium. Following a record donation year in 2012, Oregon fans again donated over 70,000 pounds of food to the charity.^[29] ^[30]

Donating food is not the only non-football activity for a good cause that is associated with the Oregon Spring Game, the game is played in honor of the United States Armed Forces and specifically the several reserve and guard units stationed close to Eugene. The football players will wear special made Nike uniforms that have "Support Our Troops" on the back where the player's last name is usually found, along with American Flags on the sleeves. During half-time a group of Marine Corps enlistees took the oath of enlistment on the field. Following the game the players line up on the north sideline, with an equal number of service-members from each branch of the military lining up on the south sideline. The two groups meet in the middle of the field where the players then remove their jersey and give it to a service-member, the service-member in turns presents the football player with a challenge coin.^[31] The tradition of the Spring Game being dedicated to supporting the military is part of the legacy of former head coach Chip Kelly, following the funeral of a local soldier in 2010, which he attended.^[32]

The 2013 iteration of the game was the first under new head coach Mark Helfrich and it also implemented a new scoring system for the first time in several years. Traditionally the offensive and defensive coordinators act as head coaches of two different teams, which are selected via a draft, the two teams then face off in a normally scored exhibition game. Due to a rash of injuries on both sides of the ball the format was tweaked so that it was simply the offense versus the defense, with a modified points system. The offense would score normally, with six points for touchdowns with the opportunity for point after attempts, and three points for field goals. The defense would follow normal rules for touchdowns as well, but would also gain three points for turnovers and one point every time that they kept the offense from scoring.^[33] The points system led to a lopsided victory by the offense, 65–0.

Schedule

^[34] ^[35] ^[36] ^[37]

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Oregon	Alma Mater	Previous Coaching Position
		5 (1 as HC)	Southern Oregon (1996)	OC & QB – Oregon
		22 (17 as DC)	UCDavis (1976)	Incumbent
	Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks	5 (1 as OC)	Nebraska (1997)	WR – Oregon
	Running game coordinator & offensive line	27	Oregon (1980)	Incumbent
	Passing Game Coordinator & wide receivers	1	Colorado State (1995)	WR – Duke
Gary Campbell	Running backs	31	UCLA (1973)	Incumbent
Tom Osbourne	Tight ends & special teams	13	Washington State (1983)	Incumbent
Don Pellum	Linebackers & recruiting coordinator	21	Oregon (1985)	Incumbent
Ron Aiken	Defensive line	1	North Carolina A&T (1977)	DL – Arizona Cardinals
John Neal	Secondary	11	BYU (1980)	Incumbent
Jim Radcliffe	Strength and conditioning	29	Pacific University (1980)	Incumbent
Reference:^[38]

Depth chart

Game summaries

Nicholls State

Virginia

Tennessee

California

Colorado

Washington

Washington State

UCLA

Stanford

Utah

Arizona

Oregon State – 117th Civil War

Texas – Alamo Bowl

Rankings

After the season

Team records broken

Total offense – Team

	YR	GP	YDS	AVG
New	2013 Oregon Ducks	13	7,345	565
Old		14	7,319	522.8

Total offense – Single Season

	YR	NAME	POS	PLAYS	P.YDS	Ru.YDS	TD	YDS	AVG
New	2013		QB	482	3,665	715	40	4,380	9.1
Old	1998		QB	442	3,763	184	36	3,947	8.9

Receiving Yards – Single Season

	YR	NAME	POS	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
New	2013		WR	62	1,140	18.4	12
Old	1970	Bob Newland	WR	67	1,123	16.6	7

Kickoff Return Yards – Career

	YRS	NAME	POS	RTN	YDS	AVG
New	2011–2013		RB	73	1,885	25.8
Old	1979–1982	Steve Brown	CB	78	1,868	23.9

Players drafted

The following Oregon players were selected in the 2014 NFL draft.^[39]

No.	Class	Pos.	Round	Pick	Team
1	SR	WR	3	86	Philadelphia Eagles
6	JR	RB	4	124	Kansas City Chiefs
66	SR	DT	5	141	Philadelphia Eagles
27	JR	CB	7	254	Dallas Cowboys

All-Americans

Hroniss Grasu, Junior, Center (SI, Athlon)
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Junior, Cornerback (ESPN)

Statistics

Team

Team Statistics
	Oregon	Opponents
First Downs	348	271
Rushing	171	123
Passing	164	121
Penalty	13	27
Rushing Yards	3,556	2,152
Rushing attempts	568	563
Average Per Rush	6.3	3.8
Average per game	273.5	165.5
Rushing TDs	42	17
Passing Yards	3,789	2,659
Comp–Att	256–405	271–480
Average Per Pass	9.4	5.5
Average Per Catch	14.8	9.8
Average per game	291.5	204.5
Passing TDs	32	14
Interceptions	6	17
Total offense	7,345	4,811
Average Per Play	7.5	4.6
Average per game	565.0	370.1
Kick returns: # – Yards	49 – 1,063	72 – 1,559
Punt returns: # – Yards	23 – 285	8 – 26
INT Returns: # – Yards	17 – 309	6 – 54
Fumbles Recovered – Fumbles Lost	30 – 12	22 – 12
Penalties – Yards	106 – 912	62 – 551
Punts – Average	43 – 39.1	81 – 39.6
Time of Possession per game	25:33	34:27
3rd–down conversions	69/160	93/232
4th–down conversions	15/31	13/28

Score by Quarter
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Oregon	182	138	134	137	591
Opponents	73	87	47	59	266

Offense

Passing Statistics
	NAME	POS	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	RAT
8	Marcus Mariota	QB	245	386	3,665	63.5	31	4	167.7
3	Jake Rodrigues	QB	3	6	67	50.0	1	1	165.5
17		QB	8	13	57	61.5	0	1	83.0
	TOTALS		256	405	3,789	63.2	32	6	164.9

Rushing Statistics
	NAME	POS	CAR	YDS	LONG	TD
9	Byron Marshall	RB	168	1,038	49 (TD)	14
8	Marcus Mariota	QB	96	715	71 (TD)	9
24	Thomas Tyner	RB	115	752	66 (TD)	9
6	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	96	618	40 (TD)	8
33	Ayele Ford	RB	36	224	45	0
48	Rodney Hardrick	LB	1	66	66	0
34	Lane Roseberry	RB	15	40	12	0
3	Jake Rodrigues	QB	4	38	28	0
31	Kenny Bassett	RB	16	33	6	0
1	Josh Huff	WR	6	28	12	0
17		QB	5	22	8 (TD)	0
11	Bralon Addison	WR	3	21	11	0
15	Colt Lyerla	TE	3	17	8	1
12	Daryle Hawkins	WR	1	2	2	0
	TOTALS		568	3,556	71	42

Receiving Statistics
	NAME	POS	REC	YDS	LONG	TD
1	Josh Huff	WR	62	1,140	65 (TD)	12
11	Bralon Addison	WR	61	890	75 (TD)	7
16	Daryle Hawkins	WR	23	347	45 (TD)	3
6	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	22	246	28	1
7	Keanon Lowe	WR	18	233	40	3
83	Johhny Mundt	TE	16	281	57	3
24	Thomas Tyner	RB	14	134	23	0
9	Byron Marshall	RB	13	155	36	0
85	Pharoah Brown	TE	10	123	28	2
20	Chance Allen	WR	5	98	37	1
32		TE	4	71	25	0
15	Colt Lyerla	TE	2	26	13	0
84	Chad Delaney	WR	2	12	8	0
41	Blake Stanton	WR	2	11	8	0
23	B.J. Kelly	WR	1	13	13	0
	TOTALS		256	3,789	75	32

Defense

Defense Statistics
	NAME	POS	SOLO	AST	TOT	TFL-YDS	SACKS	INT-YDS	BU	PD	QBH	FF	FR–YDS	BLK	SAF
22	Derrick Malone	LB	47	58	105	2.5 – 8	2.5 – 8	2–42	3	5	2	1	–	–	–
14	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	CB	54	30	84	5.0 – 14	–	3–0	6	9	–	1	–	–	–
21	Avery Patterson	FS	43	37	80	6.0 – 14	–	3–89	6	9	–	–	–	–	–
66	Taylor Hart	DT	43	32	75	6.0 – 21	3.5 – 16	–	5	5	2	3	–	–	–
12	Brian Jackson	DB	37	34	71	1.0 – 1	–	–	3	3	–	–	–	–	–
48	Rodney Hardrick	LB	35	29	64	3.0 – 10	–	1–0	3	4	2	1	3–0	–	–
25	Boseko Lokombo	LB	32	31	63	7.0 – 20	3.0 – 12	1–9	1	2	7	1	1–0	–	–
91	Tony Washington	DL	33	27	60	12.0 – 50	7.5 – 36	–	–	–	4	4	1–0	–	–
27	Terrence Mitchell	CB	38	21	59	–	–	5–72	7	12	–	1	–	–	–
44	DeForest Buckner	DL	13	26	39	3.5 – 16	2.5 – 13	–	1	1	–	1	1–0	–	–
35	Joe Walker	LB	25	12	37	3.0 – 26	2.0 – 25	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
92	Wade Keli'ikipi	DT	12	22	34	5.0 – 24	2.0 – 15	–	–	–	–	–	1–0	1	–
34	Rahim Cassell	LB	13	19	32	2.0 – 16	1.0 – 15	–	–	–	2	1	1–6	–	–
13	Troy Hill	DB	21	8	29	0.5 – 0	–	–	4	4	–	1	–	–	–
90	Ricky Havili-Heimuli	DT	14	11	25	4.0 – 14	1.0 – 9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	Erik Dargan	FS	12	12	24	–	–	1–0	4	5	–	1	–	–	–
33	Tyson Coleman	LB	9	12	21	0.5 – 0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Dior Mathis	CB	11	7	18	1.5 – 5	–	1–97	2	3	–	–	–	1	–
56	Alex Balducci	DL	10	8	18	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2–0	–	–
9	Arik Armstead	DL	6	9	15	3.0 – 6	1.0 – 4	–	2	2	2	–	–	–	–
86	Torrodney Prevot	LB	8	6	14	2.5 – 23	2.5 – 23	–	2	2	1	1	1–0	–	–
96	Christian French	DE	2	8	10	1.5 – 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Isaac Dixon	DB	7	3	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	Ayele Ford	RB	6	4	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	Eric Dungy	WR	3	6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
47	Oshay Dunmore	LB	4	5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
99	Sam Kemp	DL	5	4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
26	Ben Butterfield	DB	4	4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
51	Isaac Ava	LB	3	4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Reggie Daniels	DB	3	3	6	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
97	Jared Ebert	DT	1	4	5	0.5 – 1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
59	Grant Thompson	LB	1	3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
98	David Kofovalu	DE	3	1	4	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
50	Ryan Hagen	DT	–	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Keanon Lowe	WR	2	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	Tyrell Robinson	LB	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
42	Cody Carriger	DL	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
55	Hroniss Grasu	OL	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
39	Drew Howell	LS	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
43	Bronson Yim	DB	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
84	Stetzon Bair	DL	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
38	Mike Garrity	LB	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
32		TE	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
85	Pharaoh Brown	TE	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	Daryle Hawkins	WR	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Marcus Mariota	QB	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
49	Matt Wogan	PK	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Bralon Addison	WR	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1	Josh Huff	WR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
28	Eric Amoako	DB	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
TM	TEAM		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1–0	–	–
	TOTAL		575	507	1082	70 – 270	28 – 175	17 – 309	57	74	24	17	12 – 6	3	–

Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties

Special teams

Kicking Statistics
	NAME	POS	XPM	XPA	XP%	FGM	FGA	FG%	1–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50+	LNG	PTS
49	Matt Wogan	PK	39	41	95.1	4	5	80	0/0	1/1	3/3	0/1	0/0	38	51
41	Alejandro Maldonado	PK	29	30	96.7	3	5	60	0/0	2/2	1/3	0/0	0/0	34	38
	TOTALS		68	71	95.9	7	10	70	0/0	3/3	4/7	0/1	0/0	38	89

Kickoff Statistics
	NAME	POS	KICKS	YDS	AVG	TB	OB
49	Matt Wogan	PK	93	5,742	61.7	19	7
41	Alejandro Maldonado	PK	1	53	53.0	0	0
	TOTALS		94	5,795	61.6	19	7

Kick Return Statistics
	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
6	De'Anthony Thomas	RB	20	488	24.4	1	86
1	Josh Huff	WR	11	252	22.9	0	57
7	Keanon Lowe	WR	6	117	19.5	0	48
13	Troy Hill	DB	5	91	18.2	0	40
23	B.J. Kelly	WR	2	53	26.5	0	29
32		TE	1	5	5.0	0	5
84	Chad Delaney	WR	1	5	5.0	0	5
	TOTALS		47	1,027	21.9	1	86

Punting Statistics
	NAME	POS	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	LONG	TB	FC	I–20	50+	BLK
41	Alejandro Maldonado	PK	38	1,523	40.1	63	0	17	11	4	0
TM	TEAM		1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS		39	1,528	39.2	63	0	17	11	4	1

Punt Return Statistics
	NAME	POS	RTNS	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	Bralon Addison	WR	19	285	15.0	2	75
84	Chad Delaney	WR	2	4	2.0	0	6
1	Josh Huff	WR	1	0	0.0	0	0
	TOTALS		22	289	13.1	2	75

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Notes

October 6, 2013 – Colt Lyerla, the starting tight end at the beginning of the season, quits the team "for his own benefit".^[41]
October 19, 2013 – Following a 62–38 win over Washington State, in which Washington State attempted an NCAA record 89 passes, Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti, during his post-game talk with the press, said the following:

"That's total (B.S.) that he threw the ball at the end of the game like he did, and you can print that and you can send it to him, and he can comment, too. I think it's low class and it's (B.S.) to throw the ball when the game is completely over against our kids that are basically our scout team."^[42]

October 20, 2013 – Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti publicly apologizes for his comments regarding Washington State made the previous evening.^[43]
October 21, 2013 – The Pac-12 Conference reprimands Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti and fines him $5,000 for comments made about Washington State on October 19.^[43]
October 23, 2013 – Colt Lyerla is arrested for possession of cocaine and interfering with a police officer.^[44]
December 3, 2013 – Starting quarterback Marcus Mariota (RSo.) and starting center Hroniss Grasu (Jr.) announce that they will bypass the NFL draft and return for the 2014 season.^[45]
December 7, 2013 – Starting defensive end Tony Washington (Jr.) and starting linebacker Derrick Malone (Jr.) announce that they will bypass the NFL Draft and return for the 2014 season.
December 10, 2013 – Starting tight end Pharoah Brown is suspended for the Alamo Bowl due to his role in a campus snowball fight on December 6 that got out of hand.^[46]
December 13, 2013 – Defensive back Troy Hill is suspended from all football-related activities after being arrested for fourth-degree assault, menacing and strangulation.^[47]
December 16, 2013 – Troy Hill is arraigned on lesser charges of menacing and criminal mischief; he enters a plea of not guilty.^[48]
December 27, 2013 – Oregon Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti announces that he will retire following the Alamo Bowl. Aliotti played the running back position at UC Davis from 1972 to 1976; in 1978 he got his first coaching job as a graduate assistant at the University of Oregon under coach Rich Brooks. From 1980 to 1983, he was the running backs coach at Oregon State under coach Joe Avezzano. He then took a coaching job under future Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Chico State from 1984 to 1987. He followed Bellotti to Oregon in 1988, coaching outside linebackers from 1988 to 1992 and rising to the defensive coordinator's job from 1993 to 1994. Following the 1994 Rose Bowl Season, he followed Oregon head coach Rich Brooks to the NFL, coaching special teams for him with the St. Louis Rams from 1995 to 1997. After Brooks left the Rams, Aliotti returned to college coaching, as the defensive coordinator for UCLA in 1998. In 1999, Bellotti lured Aliotti back to Oregon, where he has coached as the defensive coordinator ever since.^[49]
January 3, 2014 – Starting cornerback Terrance Mitchell (Jr.) announces that he is forgoing his senior year and declaring early eligibility for the NFL Draft.^[50]
January 5, 2014 – Starting running back De'Anthony Thomas (Jr.) announces that he will forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft.^[51]
January 6, 2014 – Starting cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (Jr.) announces that he will bypass the NFL Draft and return to Oregon for his senior season.^[52]

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