The Ducks tried hard to get Lyons, particularly after 5-star QB Jared Curtis announced his commitment to the Georgia Bulldogs earlier this spring. Oregon was favored to land Lyons for quite a while, but ultimately, the reports of what appears to be an incredibly lucrative NIL deal for Lyons swayed him to BYU.

It isn’t every day that a five-star quarterback commits to BYU, but that is exactly what happened on Tuesday when Folsom (Calif.) High School signal caller Ryder Lyons opted for the Cougars over Oregon.