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Oregon hosts Portland in a non-conference collegiate baseball game at PK Park in Eugene tonight, 6 p.m.
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Not quite three months since playing for the first College Football Playoff National Championship, the Oregon Ducks kick off spring practices Tuesday morning. A new era begins for the program, with Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota preparing for the NFL draft. Junior Jeff Lockie leads the crop of returning quarterbacks, who will compete for reps in April and await the anticipated arrival of transfer Vernon Adams later this year. Also in the mix at quarterback is the newest freshman to arrive on campus, Travis Jonsen, who joins five classmates who enrolled over the winter. (The freshman QB, who went by Travis Waller in high school, will use his mother’s maiden name going forward.) Jonsen has been assigned No. 11, defensive back Ugo Amadi will wear No. 14, running back Taj Griffin will wear No. 5, defensive lineman Canton Kaumatule will wear No. 99, receiver Alex Ofodile will wear No. 4 and offensive lineman Zach Okun will wear No. 75. The practice schedule includes three workouts a week for the next five weeks. The Ducks go Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday the first week, Monday-Wednesday-Friday the following three weeks and Monday, Wednesday and Saturday the last week, with that final Saturday practice the spring game on May 2 in Autzen Stadium (11 a.m. PT, Pac-12 Networks).