Defensive Lineman Bear Alexander discusses why he decided to come back to Oregon
Bri Amaranthus SI Reporter talks to Defensive Lineman Bear Alexander discusses why he decided to come back to Oregon. Alexander talks about how he talked to Coach Dan Lanning and how he wanted to be with his guys one more time and sharpen their toolboxes. He also talks about how it was fun when other teammates decided to come back.
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And you decided to come back to Oregon, um, despite, you know, you could have gone to the NFL draft.
When you look back on that decision , what was like the most important factors for you?
Uh, really, like I told Coach Lannon, um, there's no development at the second level, so just being able to come back and do it with my guys one more time and sharpen our, our toolbox, um, just being able to go out here and put the work in all over again before we transition to the next level.
You were one of the first ducks to say, hey, I'm coming back.
I'm not going to the NFL.
You really left no doubt when you did that.
So was it fun when the rest of the decisions started to get announced?
Yeah, it made it uh, it made my job a lot easier, you know, to go in and persuade guys, but other than that, It was, it was fun times for sure.
Was there some fun conversations with that, like, hey, I'm, I'm coming back.
Like, let's route.
Let's, uh, I'll come back.
Yeah, I think one of the funniest ones was Dylanhina, man, because he knew in the back of his head there were no shot, but just talking to him about it and I think it was funny.
