2026 Newbury Park (Calif.) quarterback Brady Smigiel is one of the top quarterbacks out West in his class. He was back in Eugene over the weekend for another trip to Oregon and discussed the trip with Ducks Digest .
“I would say my highlights was just the coaching staff,” he said. “Coach (Jordan) Salkin and Coach (Will) Stein and all the way down to their offensive GAs and analysts. I think they all are really smart, extremely smart, and I think that they can take me to the next level as a quarterback.”
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The 6-foot-4 passer isn’t worried about the flash and hype a school can offer, and it sounds like he really hit it off with Dan Lanning during his trip. His genuine nature was a major takeaway for Smigiel.
“I’m really not worried about the facilities as much as I am relationships and being able to talk to Coach Lanning all through the weekend and then being able to sit down with him I think was really special. A lot of people were telling me that he’s the same person to everybody and he’s the same person that you see on TV, and that’s exactly the feeling that I got talking to him and my dad.”