This Oregon football player has breakout potential as Ducks enter Big Ten

Football season is just around the corner, and before Oregon makes its debut in the Big Ten conference this fall, several new playmakers have geared up over the spring and summer for breakout roles with the Ducks.

Before Big Ten play begins this fall, here are players expected to have a breakout season as picked by writers who cover the league for the USA TODAY Sports Network.

OREGON: Iapani Laloulu, center

Though he isn’t filling in at the flashiest position, Oregon is replacing a Rimington Award winner with another stud. With Jackson Powers-Johnson off to the NFL, sophomore Iapani Laloulu will step in and start for the Ducks after filling in at center and guard a year ago. It won’t be long until Laloulu begins hearing NFL draft hype himself as he steps into big shoes left behind by Powers-Johnson.

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Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, women's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@gannett.com and you can follow him on Twitter @AlecDietz.

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