Dan Lanning’s Oregon Ducks improved to 5-0 on Saturday after defeating the Stanford Cardinal.

The Oregon defensive line has continued to impress this season and the unit racked up another 11 tackles for loss in Week 5. One key part of that impressive performance was the South Carolina transfer, Jordan Burch. Burch finished with 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss.

After the game, Lanning spoke on the difference Burch makes for the Ducks.

“Yeah, he’s a big man who’s hard to block. I mean, you talk about differences in teams this year to last year, one thing that we have is we have a front where we have guys that can roll and make an impact,” explained Lanning. “And that makes it really hard to go play quarterback when you got somebody who’s on your neck and he’s proven he can be a guy who’s like that.”

The Ducks have 33 TFLs and 18 sacks through 5 games this year, with Burch having 6 of those TFLs and 3 sacks.

That 18-sack mark is already equal to the team’s entire 2022 total. The 33 TFLs that have been collected thus far are on pace to pass the 53 TFLs the team had last season.

The Ducks have an off week in Week 6 before heading to take on the Washington Huskies in a massive top-10 collision.