Running back carries were pretty evenly distributed in Oregon’s opener against Georgia.

Of course, the lopsided nature of the game — and the quickness with which it got out of hand — influenced how Oregon’s offense operated, but the Ducks used all five of their running backs in the opener and were rather democratic with their snap distribution.

Sean Dollars saw 17 snaps and seven touches. Jordan James got the same. Mar’Keise Irving and Byron Cardwell each got 13 snaps, with Irving getting seven touchdowns while Cardwell got six. Noah Whittington got eight snaps and four touches.

Dollars led the way with 49 yards from scrimmage. Cardwell produced 36 yards, Irving 33, Whittington 21, and James 15.

“I was most definitely aware of the rotation,” Dollars said after practice on Tuesday. “I feel like we’re all just kind of feeling the groove right now. I think we all have our different traits for different sets of downs, and I think that’s just how they like to run this.”

The elder statesman of the room, Dollars was also the most effective in the opener. Against a tenacious Georgia front, he averaged 7 yards a touch. That’s certainly a positive to take away from a game where they were few and far between. But, Oregon is still sorting through its rotation at running back.

Does Dollars feel like the backs have to view their snaps as an audition every time they’re in the game?

“I wouldn’t say that because we all come together as a group,” he said. “We all play as one. If one player is off, then we all did a bad job. It’s all about us coming together as a team and as a position group. So, we have to continue to keep on doing that. I wouldn’t call it a performance thing. I’d just say we’re all going out there and doing our job.”

As long as they continue to do that, Lanning said he doesn’t have a set target for rotations or distributions or anything like that. He just wants to see high-level execution from the position.

“I want to see us execute at the highest level at (running) back,” Lanning said on Wednesday. “If we have five guys who can do that, that’s certainly better than having one guy that can do that. You get in a rhythm, you get in a focus within the game. If we have that, that’s fine, but I want to see all our guys eat.

“I think I’ve said it here several times, ‘If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.’ I don’t care how old you are. I don’t care. What do you do in the game? That’s what it’s about. What you do in practice equates to what you do in the game. If you do it in practice, it’s going to carry over to the field.”

We’ll get another look at the tailbacks on Saturday when Oregon (0-1) hosts Eastern Washington (1-0) in its home opener. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Network.