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lot of h.iril work
"It wasn't easy." ht* adds
doth of them got off to a
shaky start, hut they both had
determination And they also
had to !>e given a < hani e
Neither Keitzug nor Hall
were given mur.h attention
from l’a< It) si hools doth .ire
small by Pat. 10 standards
Keitzug is 5-10 and 170
pounds, and Hall is ti-2 and
2r>M pounds and lack blazing
speed, but both have intangible
qualities that recruiters often
can't see
"Everybody looks for the big
ger or faster players ” Hrooks
said "Sometimes I don't know
what (coaches) are looking for.
including myself 1 mean, we
make mistakes. Hopefully we
don't make a lot of them, but
we make them "
Keitzug, a senior. was
courted by Oregon he even
visited Kugene but when the
time came to sign there was no
scholarship offered There were
a few smaller schools in Wash
ington and Oregon that recruit
ed him. hut he liked the coach
mg staff and atmosphere at Or
egon enough that he de< ideil to
give it a i hance
"It was kind of tough being a
walk-on." he said, "because
si holarship players already
have money invested in them
so (iiaches have to give them
preferences
Hall agrees "When you're a
walk on they do give you a
chance but the coaches don’t
really ex per t you to do it
At first I was intimidated
Keitzug a 22 year old Tacoma.
Washington, native recalls "I
wanted to show people I could
do it that I believed in myself
and do the things I knew I
i on I d do to plav tor tills team 1
alway s knew that in the bai k of
my mind
After redshirting during the
lutiti season. Keitzug ques
tinned his desire to play for the
Dm ks and left the team Hut he
returned for the HtHH season
and probably would have made
morf* of an impact had he not
suffered a broken thumb It was
last season when his talents
blossomed
Keitzug placed in all 12
games and started three of
them He made 14 receptions
for 511 cards and three touch
downs, including seven catch
es for liltj cards against Brig
ham Young and six for 12 1
cards against Tulsa in the Inde
pendence Bowl
Although last year was un
doubtedly Keitzug's best for Or
egon. Brooks saw flashes of
what was to come during the
Washington State game in
1<)HB.
"Two years ago - when 1
didn't have a scholarship avail
able for him at the time - he
made an incredible catch at the
Washington State game," he
said "And there have been a
bunch since then.''
"I kind of got lucky,"
Reit/.ug said “Coach Brooks
has helped me out a lot. and I
have a lot of respect for the
coaching staff and Coach
Brooks
"He is an amazing man. I
don't know if I would 1m- in the
same position if I were in a dif
ferent program
hike Reit/.ug. Hall was given
offers from smaller schools
when he graduated from South
Kugene High School in 1BBB,
but de< ideil he wanted to take
on <i tougher challenge. Since
Kugene is his hometown, the
decision to try out for the
I )ui is h as an ease one
"It was play here or I didn't
want to play at all," he said "1
had always wanted to plav lor
the Dm ks, and it was so much
more finani ialh convenient
living here
Hall's decision paid off for
t he I hit ks last y ear
During the second quarter
against Iowa Hall was called
out to replat e Boatright A few
weeks later. Hall received his
lust starting assignment against
Arizona State w hen the coat ties
del ideil to trv a different tor
nulla It worked and he ended
up starting more games at een
ter than anyone else, int hiding
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Bowl.
"It felt like three years of
hard work paid off." he said
"It fell exi iting After not play
ing for so long (I didn't play for
three years), I didn't know
what real playing time meant
in a big time situation The
feeling of playing in a game
like that against Iowa in front
of 80.000 people was really a
great thing to be part of
"Just the feeling, the playing
part of it is enough motivation
and excitement to make three
years of hard work worth it."
During his two years on the
sidelines, Hall said consistency
and believing in himself helped
keep his motivation high
"1 just kept telling myself
that I can play regardless of my
size." he said. "I just had to
believe in myself and the op
ponumiy wuuia come.
Hall was realistic about his
situation though, and he didn't
expect to be a factor right away
But he did have a goal to be a
solid player.
"1 think that is what kept me
around," he said. "Telling my
self that I was going to go
through a lot of hard work I
had more things going against
me than 1 did for me 1 had to
realize that
Hall said that assistant head
coach Neal /.oumboukos
helped him in many ways
"lie helped me keep mv
goals in line He was always
forward and up front with
me." Hall recalls "lie told me
once I see a light at the end of
the tunnel, keep moving to
ward it ' 1 kept Irving and it ti
nolle paid oil
Hall said he would like the
opportunity to start again hut
not under the same circum
stnnc es as List year \\ ith the
offensive line a soft point in Or
egon s offensive attack, that op
portunity might i orne around
Mi ( Li 11 n in said that his sue
i ess after w .liking on at C fregoii
was driven by two main factors
the desire to join his brother,
who plavs for Washington, in
the Cat 1(1 and his faith in
i .ou vii i .mum rt'usnii icu m
1'IHH w ill'll ( trt'gmi had Kirk
Dennis handle the kicking re
spoils i h i I it ies came h.n k in
I'M'l .1 mi bei .one the lust ()re
gun placet ever to score met
lilt) points m the season lie
holds the ret mils tor the must
field goals . i i and attempts
(,t2|. and was perfect on all at
tempts inside i'l van Is last sea
son
I lie 2 1-yeai old Irom Seattle
was an important hit tor for the
Ducks when the offense spot
tereil neat tile goal line In l.u t
he scored nine points in Ore
gnu's i time Irom behind victim
m the Independence Howl in
i hiding the w inning held goal
"Mv brother reallv got me
stm k here because he kii ks for
Washington and 1 wanted to
follow in his footsteps.” he
saitl "And then the Lord reallv
kept me in here I relied on his
strength in some of the times
that weren't so good."
Medalluin said perseverance
was the main factor while he
tried to make his mark He just
tried to keep learning.
"There were times when 1
just wasn't sure where I was
going," lie said "When 1
walked on there were five kick
ers. but I was real optimistic
the whole time. I just kept
watching the doors open."
"I'm reallv proud of the job
they've done." H rooks said
"Thev are an example for ev
ervone who wants to w ork hard
tor something that is beyond
their reach