Oregonian and two-sport athlete Bryce Boettcher prepares for upcoming Ducks football season

Think Out Loud

Two-sport athlete Bryce Boettcher may have joined the University of Oregon as a baseball player, but football was also important to him. In June, the outfielder was named a Rawlings Gold Glove recipient by the company and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Now, he’ll finish out his time as a Duck playing football as UO officially joins the Big Ten conference. And in the spring, Boettcher will report to the Astros after football under an agreement with the MLB team and the university. He was selected by the Houston team with the No. 403 overall pick in July.

We catch up with Boettcher, who grew up in Eugene, about the upcoming football season and his time as a dual-sport athlete at the university.