With five days left before the season opener against Nicholls State, the Oregon football team released its first depth chart. While most of the starting and backup roles are set, a couple of position battles are still being fought. Daryle Hawkins and Bralon Addison are both listed as the potential starter at wide receiver. The same goes for the jobs as placekicker (between Matt Wogan and Alejandro Maldonad0) and kick returner (De’Anthony Thomas and Keanon Lowe).
One area that isn’t in question anymore is inside linebacker. Derrick Malone (weak-side linebacker) and Rodney Hardrick (middle linebacker) were named the starters, filling holes left by Kiko Alonso and Michael Clay.
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The Ducks basketball team just keeps on adding transfers. According to several reports, Oregon added Jason Calliste on Sunday. The 6-foot-2-inch senior shooting guard was previously enrolled at the University of Detroit, where he averaged 14.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a junior.
Calliste is the fourth transfer the Ducks have acquired this season. The others are redshirt senior forward Mike Moser (UNLV), forward Richard Amardi (Indian Hills Community College), and junior guard Joseph Young (Houston). Young, however, still has to get his immediate eligibility waiver approved before he can become a Duck.
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After suffering his third career concussion on Saturday, Buffalo’s Kevin Kolb might never see an NFL field again. The Buffalo New’s Tim Graham reported on Sunday that the Bills are “concerned Kevin Kolb’s concussion may be career-ending and they’re proceeding with that in mind.” The 29 year-old quarterback will undergo several tests this week, which will determine when or if he will be able to return. Kolb was drafted in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007. He played there for four years before getting traded to Arizona, where he spent the last two seasons.
The Bills signed former USC star Matt Leinart and traded for Thaddeus Lewis immediately following the news about Kolb in order to provide some depth behind Jeff Tuel and rookie EJ Manuel, who is also out with an injury. With the uncertainty surrounding Manuel’s return, Tuel was named the team’s Week 1 starter.