Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins is sacked by antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks successful the archetypal fractional of a NCAA Football crippled astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena connected Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins is sacked by antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks successful the archetypal fractional of a NCAA Football crippled astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena connected Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins loses the shot arsenic helium is sacked by Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks successful beforehand of Greg Dulcich #85 during the 2nd fractional successful a 34-31 Bruins nonaccomplishment astatine Rose Bowl connected October 23, 2021 successful Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins is sacked by antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks successful the archetypal fractional of a NCAA Football crippled astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena connected Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins is sacked by antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks successful the archetypal fractional of a NCAA Football crippled astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena connected Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux astatine the PAC-12 league media time successful Los Angeles Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux poses with his title ringing astatine the PAC-12 league media time successful Los Angeles Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux’s winning rings astatine the PAC-12 league media time successful Los Angeles Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux astatine the PAC-12 league media time successful Los Angeles Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Defensive extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks sacks backmost Kedon Slovis #9 of the USC Trojans successful the 3rd 4th of the PAC 12 Championship shot crippled astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum connected Friday, December 18, 2020 successful Los Angeles connected Friday, December 18, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Defensive extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks sacks backmost Kedon Slovis #9 of the USC Trojans successful the 3rd 4th of the PAC 12 Championship shot crippled astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum connected Friday, December 18, 2020 successful Los Angeles connected Friday, December 18, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Defensive extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks tackles moving backmost Markese Stepp #30 of the USC Trojans for a nonaccomplishment of yards successful the archetypal fractional of the PAC 12 Championship shot crippled astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum successful Los Angeles connected Friday, December 18, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Defensive extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the Oregon Ducks tackles moving backmost Markese Stepp #30 of the USC Trojans for a nonaccomplishment of yards successful the archetypal fractional of the PAC 12 Championship shot crippled astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum successful Los Angeles connected Friday, December 18, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Oaks Christian shot players Kayvon Thibodeaux (left) and Ezekial Bishop connected the sideline during a shot game. (Contributing photo/Oaks Christian)
Utah backmost Tyler Huntley (1) is sacked by Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux (5) during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled for the Pac-12 Conference title successful Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, Dec. 6, 2018. Oregon won 37-15. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oaks Christian dons a University of Oregon chapeau during his assemblage announcement lawsuit astatine the Canyon Club successful Agoura Hills Saturday afternoon.(photo by Andy Holzman).
Oaks Christian’s Kayvon Thibodeaux (8) celebrates with moving backmost Zach Charbonnet (24) aft Charbonnet’s agelong touchdown against Alemany, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, astatine Oaks Christian High School. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker, Contributing Photographer)
Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oaks Christian dons a University of Oregon chapeau during his assemblage announcement lawsuit astatine the Canyon Club successful Agoura Hills Saturday afternoon.(photo by Andy Holzman).
Oaks Christian shot subordinate Kayvon Thibodeaux, who is the No. 1-ranked shot subordinate successful the people of 2019, careless of position. (Photo by David Crane, Daily News/SCNG)
Oregon antiaircraft extremity Kayvon Thibodeaux made it authoritative connected Monday nighttime and announced that helium would not instrumentality to the Ducks for his elder year.
Thibodeaux is expected to beryllium 1 of the apical picks successful the upcoming NFL draft, and the determination to spell pro was wide anticipated. He announced his determination connected Twitter and Instagram, thanking Oregon for giving him “the accidental to modulation into a antheral acceptable to instrumentality connected the world.”
“After overmuch thought, information and a beingness of preparation, I person decided to forgo my elder play of shot and participate the NFL draft, further pursuing my dreams,” helium wrote.
The Oaks Christian alumnus volition not play for the No. 15 Ducks successful the Alamo Bowl against No. 14 Oklahoma connected Dec. 29.
Oregon manager Mario Cristobal near the Ducks earlier Monday to go caput manager astatine Miami. The Ducks person not named an interim manager for the vessel game.
A 6-foot-5, 258-pound borderline rusher retired of Southern California, Thibodeaux proclaimed astatine the commencement of the play that his extremity was to triumph the Heisman, a gangly bid for a defence player.
But helium sprained his ankle successful Oregon’s opener and had to miss the adjacent 2 games. He besides was ejected from the Ducks’ overtime nonaccomplishment astatine Stanford, and had to miss the archetypal fractional of the adjacent crippled against Cal.
He finished the play with 49 tackles, including 12 for loss, and 7 sacks. He is simply a finalist for the Bednarik Award and Bronco Nagurski Trophy.