Editor, GoDucks.com
Oregon defensive end DeForest Buckner was on two national defensive player of the year watch lists this preseason, and is widely regarded as a potential top-10 pick in next year’s NFL draft.
To those accolades, Buckner would like to add another: college graduate. To do so, he embarked this year on a course load as aggressive as his play at the line of the scrimmage for the Ducks.
In order to keep a promise he made to his father, George, Buckner has passed 52 credits over the past three academic terms. He has 15 left this fall in order to earn his degree in general social sciences, on its “Crime, Law & Society” track; among Buckner’s career interests, after pursuing his dream in the NFL following the fall quarter, is law enforcement.