Dierre Hill Jr.
RB | 5-11, 205 lbs | Sophomore
Availability Dierre Hill Jr. was hurt in Oregon's last game, and Oregon has not announced a status or a diagnosis. We are tracking every official update. The full picture, with who said what and when, is on the injury report.
At USC (Sept 26, 2026): 168 yards from scrimmage, 63 rushing and 105 receiving, and both of Oregon's rushing touchdowns. The 105 receiving yards made him the first Oregon running back past 100 in a game since De'Anthony Thomas in 2012 (Oregon Athletics). The second half opened with a short throw behind the line that Hill turned into a 62-yard catch and run to the USC 9, Oregon's longest play of the night, and he scored from the 1 two plays later. Next drive, a 28-yard catch on 3rd and 2 took it to the 4 and he ran it in on the next snap. On the clinching drive in the fourth quarter he ran for 14, 9 and 2, 25 of the drive's 49 yards. Sources: ESPN box score and play-by-play (Sept 26, 2026); USC Athletics official box score. That one night was almost as many scrimmage yards as his first three games combined (185). Through five games he has 52 carries for 228 yards and 3 touchdowns, plus 13 catches for 184 yards (ESPN box scores, through UCLA on Oct 10), already more receiving yards than his whole 2025 season. The honest part: on the ground alone he is at 4.4 a carry, and he lost a fumble at Oklahoma State. The damage is coming in space. As a true freshman in 2025 Hill ran 75 times for 656 yards, 8.75 a carry, which led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally, and he and Jordon Davison combined for 1,323 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. The knock then was pass protection. RB coach Ra'Shaad Samples said in spring practice that he had made "an outstanding jump in pass pro and understanding defenses." At USC, the passing-down back was Hill.
4 carries for 21 yards and 3 kickoff returns for 99 yards, with a long of 54, against Northwestern, all before he was hurt late in the first half. He had no touches after halftime.
ESPN box score and play-by-play, Oct 31, 2026; Ducks Wire (Bjorn Bergstrom, Oct 31, 2026), including reporter Zachary Neel's sideline post
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168 yards from scrimmage: 15 carries for 63 yards and 2 touchdowns, plus 4 catches for 105 yards, including a 62-yard catch and run.
Through eight games, ending with Northwestern on Oct 31, 2026: 83 carries for 399 yards and 3 touchdowns, and 20 catches for 209 yards, 608 yards from scrimmage (ESPN box scores).
Oregon has used two backs all season: Jordon Davison (91 carries, 439 yards, 7 touchdowns through Northwestern) and Hill (83 carries, 399 yards, 3 touchdowns) (ESPN box scores). Both were hurt in the first half against Northwestern on Oct 31; Davison did not return and Hill had no touches after halftime, and freshman Brandon Smith ran 8 times for 82 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the second half (ESPN play-by-play; Ducks Wire, Oct 31, 2026). After the game Dan Lanning called Davison’s a "leg injury" and said Hill was "a little bit banged up" (Sports Illustrated, Oct 31, 2026). Oregon has not given a timeline for either. The injury tracker has the latest.
Hill is one of the fastest players on the 2026 roster. As a freshman in 2025 he had three runs of 50-plus yards and averaged 8.75 yards a carry, second nationally.
Sources: ESPN box scores; USC Athletics box score; GoDucks.com. This page covers on-field performance and publicly available recruiting data only.
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