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Willie Taggart Jr., 2020 QB and son of coach, adds Oregon Ducks offer

Oregon Ducks football coach Willie Taggart was quite a quarterback for Western Kentucky during his college career, twice being named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, the FCS version of the Heisman Trophy.

Betting on his own gene pool, as well as the budding stardom of a young athlete, Taggart and his staff extended a special scholarship offer earlier this week to his son, 2020 quarterback Willie Taggart Jr.:

For the still-growing 6-foot, 146-pound dual-threat signal-caller, Oregon's scholarship marked the first of what should be many offers by the end of his prep career.