Ah yeah that I see where you are coming from on field experience standpoint however Wadood was far more important in Oregon’s recruiting success than Jefferson was in Miami’s. One example to illustrate this is TJ not having a 247 recruiter page while Wadood does & has a dozen recruits listed under his profile; going back to 2023; a few of which were his former Long Beach Poly players.
But we are talking about Wadood in 2026 now and if he is brought in it’s not like we are losing Terry. He was also only off-field for one season; as the director of community engagement in 2022 then his title changed the following year. Martin and Hampton did not get along in 2023. This is from Lanning in 2024 so Wadood had already been working with the cornerbacks prior to 2025.
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When martin left, Oregon’s reporters wrote that Wadood worked with cornerbacks since he got to Oregon so he was off-field/on-field as well.
The plan was for him to always become cornerbacks coach at Oregon. As shown in the still shot that i posted from the video Oregon put out, no one is in the room with Wadood while he is coaching cornerbacks. Chris Hampton did his instruction in a completely separate larger room.
Moreover, Rashad has a co-db coach of the year award, has coached multiple pros and future pros at Oregon, and had the 2nd lowest passing completion percentage at Oregon last year. These are all apart of a resume. There are numerous guys that he, Loring, Martin, and Hampton coached are guys that Wadood led the recruiting process on to bring them to Oregon.
Loring was Wadood’s coach at ASU. Dan Lanning was a GA under Joe Loring at Arizona State when Wadood was a cornerback there. Loring was ST/CB coach. 2026 is the first year that Loring does not have nickels coach under his job responsibilities.
When Lanning first gets the Oregon job, he brings in Loring under the same role as well Demetric Martin, who knew Wadood well from coaching his brother at UCLA, to jointly lead the DB room with the longterm plan of Wadood advancing in responsibilities yearly as he did these past 4 years; wadood is basically in the same GA role in 2023 that Lanning was at ASU; except with way more recruiting pull. Wadood stepped into a situation where he knew all the guys above him, organizationally, for a decade.
As Pete mentioned on the podcast and Gaby mentioned in his mock class, Donte Wright would only be in the class based off the strength of his relationship with Wadood. That alone gives him a major advantage over Jefferson, and that’s before getting into his other extensive network ties out west. Like his family being the lead administrators for the Snoop Youth Football League.
