{"id":703736,"date":"2026-01-25T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703736\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:02:15","slug":"his-father-was-a-legend-at-oregon-now-hes-committed-to-play-for-the-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/703736\/","title":{"rendered":"His father was a legend at Oregon. Now, he\u2019s committed to play for the Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QNSSBYGT6RDYRBGTOCK7ZGEIBM\">It didn\u2019t take long for Sam Ngata\u2019s visit with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/\">Oregon<\/a> football to result in a commitment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ITGUHJAIQ5A4TODCFECJ7TG2WA\">The son of legendary Ducks defensive lineman Haloti Ngata announced his decision on Saturday to follow on his father\u2019s footsteps, verbally committing to Oregon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CKDPL4AH7FGU5GMJUSXP335K7I\">Sam Ngata is visiting Oregon as part of two scheduled \u201cjunior days\u201d recruiting weekends for the Ducks. A three-star prospect in the Class of 2027 according to 247Sports, he is ranked the No. 48 linebacker in the country and No. 7 overall player in the state of Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DWKF5745EFC3VA4XNHHVRQQM3M\">The 6-4, 215-pound linebacker out of Salt Lake City also considered California, Michigan and BYU before making his verbal commitment to Dan Lanning and Oregon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G5Y3LFFKKNF6BAYOVK6OTZLCFA\">Oregon defensive coordinator Chris Hampton and defensive line coach Tony Tuioti both visited Sam at his high school in Utah on Wednesday, when he initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/2026\/01\/the-son-of-an-oregon-ducks-legend-is-taking-a-recruiting-visit-to-eugene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/2026\/01\/the-son-of-an-oregon-ducks-legend-is-taking-a-recruiting-visit-to-eugene.html\">announced his plans<\/a> to visit Eugene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"L6AFGQS7UFHDRDQUHE6MQLGTJE\">Haloti Ngata was a dominant defensive tackle for the Ducks between 2002 and 2005, and recently entered the College Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"J26GIIERXBBYRCPSRUZE6OT6OY\">Picked No. 12 overall in the NFL Draft by Baltimore, he spent 13 seasons in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles, winning a Super Bowl with the Ravens in 2013 and earning Pro Bowl recognition five times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It didn\u2019t take long for Sam Ngata\u2019s visit with Oregon football to result in a commitment. The son&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[11865,7,11377,1382,47235],"class_list":["post-703736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-ducks","tag-football","tag-haloti-ngata","tag-oregon-football","tag-smith-berry-farms"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115955403658441909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}