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Alex ScarboroughESPN Staff Writer
- Covers the SEC.
- Joined ESPN successful 2012.
- Graduate of Auburn University.
Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez, a apical imaginable astatine his presumption and imaginable first-round pick, declared for the NFL draught connected Sunday.
Gonzalez said successful a connection that helium volition opt retired of the vessel game.
ESPN's Todd McShay lists the 6-foot-2 Gonzalez arsenic his second-ranked cornerback down Georgia's Kelee Ringo.
McShay ranks Gonzalez arsenic the No. 16 subordinate overall.
Gonzalez, who transferred from Colorado pursuing the 2021 season, tied for the squad pb astatine Oregon successful interceptions with 3 this season.
He had 45 tackles and 7 walk breakups.
Under first-year manager Dan Lanning, Oregon recovered from a season-opening nonaccomplishment to Georgia and won 8 consecutive games to contend for a league title and possibly a accidental astatine reaching the playoff.
But losses to Washington and Oregon State during the last 3 weeks of the regular play near the Ducks connected the extracurricular looking in.
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