{"id":497977,"date":"2026-01-07T03:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497977\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:24:11","slug":"former-lakeridge-kicker-keaton-emmett-commits-to-transfer-to-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/497977\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Lakeridge kicker Keaton Emmett commits to transfer to Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\" class=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\" class=\"articleLabel__listItem\"><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/\" title=\"Navigate to Oregon Ducks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon Ducks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul class=\"dateline\">\n<li class=\"dateline__updated\">Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 12:33 p.m.<\/li>\n<li class=\"dateline__published\">|Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 12:33 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Oregon high school football: Lakeridge Pacers vs Oregon City Pioneers\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/T7NOIB45LVEJDHQJSAKRQKJJPM.jpg\"  \/>Lakeridge&#8217;s Keaton Emmett (15) sends off a field goal during the game between Lakeridge and Oregon City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Lakeridge High School.Blake Benard for The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TRVDXNYCJJB2HI6B7YJWX5AGLM\">Oregon has added another specialist from Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4DZLB6OOFBE4XN5DDXNQJOVFWI\">Keaton Emmett, who averaged 63.3 yards on 48 kickoffs with a 81.25% touchback rate this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmett_keaton\/status\/2008623643241156987?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/emmett_keaton\/status\/2008623643241156987?s=20\">committed to transfer to the Ducks<\/a> on Tuesday. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VAZAUZ3HQFGERI6SF7ZPKJJWQ4\">From Lake Oswego, Emmett began his career at Western Oregon. He was 12 of 18 on field goals, with a long of 48 yards, and had 13 touchbacks on 52 kickoffs for the Wolves in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GPIIXZYBXVHVHNXIHUEIB7RDA4\">He fills a void left by Atticus Sappington and Andrew Boyle completing their eligibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ELZPVOVOSNEQRMTKKZKIGXVUXM\">Emmett is the second transfer to Oregon this offseason, joining former Nevada punter Bailey Ettridge, and his addition gives the Ducks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/2018\/12\/oregon-football-scholarship-chart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/ducks\/2018\/12\/oregon-football-scholarship-chart.html\">81 projected scholarship players<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KQQELIQZTNB2RGU2IXY2PLAOJU\"><b>No. 1 Indiana (14-0) vs. No. 5 Oregon (13-1)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__unordered-list\">\n<li id=\"IE2QXCL6EVBS7LFPDUQHEXI5UI\"><b>When:\u00a0<\/b>Friday, January 9<\/li>\n<li id=\"PLO7H4J6LZDLNAJFJX6XZQYL4E\"><b>Time:\u00a0<\/b>4:30 p.m. PT<\/li>\n<li id=\"AOFPTBM2HFG6XOBX5QAMPVN7YQ\"><b>Where:\u00a0<\/b>Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta<\/li>\n<li id=\"LHAPOM3RWVDAXLV2VEOCW333BA\"><b>TV:<\/b> ESPN<\/li>\n<li id=\"XG2R5L3NDFG27JFRJKBQ5VNTTY\"><b>Stream<\/b>: You can watch this game on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587347&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=jamescrepea%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Faffiliates%2Fstream%2F&amp;product_category=Electronics%3EVideo%3EVideo+Players+%26+Recorders%3EStreaming+%26+Home+Media+Players\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DIRECTV<\/a> (free trial) or with <a href=\"https:\/\/sling-tv.pxf.io\/c\/1810043\/1132376\/14334?adtype=Deeplink&amp;subId1=jamescrepea%7C&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sling.com%2Fprogramming%2Fsports%2Fcollege-football&amp;product_category=Sporting+Goods%3EAthletics%3EAmerican+Football\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sling<\/a> (a Sling day pass to watch this game and more is just $4.99). Streaming broadcasts for this game will be available on these streaming services locally in Oregon and Washington, but may not be available outside of the Pacific Northwest, depending on your location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>James Crepea is the Oregon Ducks beat reporter and Big Ten sports reporter for The Oregonian\/OregonLive. He primarily covers football, men&#8217;s basketball, women&#8217;s basketball, baseball and softball, as well as&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oregon Ducks Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 12:33 p.m. |Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 12:33 p.m. Lakeridge&#8217;s Keaton Emmett (15)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":497978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-497977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115851681099040128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}