The Oregon Ducks have announced they will honor the late Khyree Jackson and Spencer Webb with a memorial helmet sticker for the 2024 season.
Both former Oregon players suffered tragic and untimely deaths: Webb was killed in 2022 during a cliff-diving accident, while Jackson died in a car accident earlier this month.
To memorialize the players, Oregon will add a pair of flying ducks logo to the back of their helmets for the 2024 season. You can see the memorial sticker below:
As shown on the green helmet, the memorial features two ducks in flight, along with the numbers “4” and “5” which were worn by Webb and Jackson respectively. Webb also wore No. 18 with the Ducks.
Oregon had previously honored Spencer, placing a spider web decal with the No. 4 on the back of their helmets, as well as on gear such as gloves and compression sleeves.
While Webb passed away while still a member of the Ducks, Jackson had finished his Oregon career and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings during the NFL draft this spring. The Vikings not only will pay Jackson’s signing bonus, they plan to honor him as well with a helmet decal.
To date, the Vikings have not unveiled what their memorial decal will look like, but it will bear the initials “KJ.” I mocked up how this might possibly look:
Oregon’s 2024 regular season begins on August 31, against Idaho in Autzen Stadium, where they will feature the decals for the first time.
Not sure “matriculated” is the word you wanted to use in mentioning that Jackson was a member of the Vikings at the time of his untimely death.
Good catch! Yes, not the correct word. Now fixed
The only incorrect use of “matriculate” I will accept is “matriculate the ball down the field,” and then only if Hank Stram is credited for establishing the alternative definition.
Also I’m not sure after reading the linked article I would describe Webb having a “cliff diving accident”.. I could be reading it wrong and not familiar with the area but seems like he fell and wasn’t deliberately diving cliffs
Wasn’t there something in the Ticker recently about how the University of Oregon’s flying “Duck” silhouette(s) they are using resemble more of a goose? Either way, classy and simple memorial for these two players.
-University of Arizona Alumnus (B.Arch, 2002)
“but it will bear the initials “TJ.” I mocked up how this might possibly look”
Edit: Should be “KJ”