Reporters asked Dan Lanning was Makhi Hughes had such a severely limited opportunity in Oregon's 59-13 opening win over Montana State.
Lanning said to Mike Torres of On3 Sports and the rest of the media, "We got a lot of really good players. There were plays that he was in, called runs, and we had heavy boxes and the ball was thrown. He's in also in a two-minute scenario where the ball's probably gonna be thrown a little bit more."
When the Ducks added Hughes last December he was ranked the No. 1 running back in the Transfer Portal, a Doak Walker Award semi-finalist who piled up 1,401 yards and 15 touchdowns at Tulane last season.