Returning front 4 Oregon's 1st piece of CFP puzzle

Senior D-Line leads UO defense

Teitum Tuioti (44), A’Mauri Washington (52), Bear Alexander (1), and Matayo Uiagalelei (10) vs Oklahoma State in 2025. Photo: Alam/ISI/Getty

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EUGENE — A CFP national championship isn’t won or lost on a whiteboard. It’s written in bruises, blood, and broken wills at the line of scrimmage. You don’t survive the cold November winds of the Big Ten on potential alone. You survive with defenders who impose their physical dominance.

For the No. 2-ranked Oregon Ducks, the reload on defense begins with the returning front four:

• Sr. DT A’Mauri Washington

• Fifth-year Sr. DT Bear Alexander

• Sr. EDGE Matayo Uiagalelei

• Sr. EDGE Teitum Tuioti

This is no development year. Oregon head coach Dan Lanning and defensive coordinator Chris Hampton have the pieces to field the nation’s premier defensive front. But whiteboard talk is cheap. Execution is everything.

Here’s how Oregon’s veteran defensive front is the first piece of its championship puzzle:

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