A petition in iPetition.com has already surpassed its goal of 1,000 signatures after being posted last week. The petition says Mariota "has selflessly brought so much to the school and has held a special place in the household of all Ducks fans. Let us honor him and his legend by retiring his number."
As we all know, just because the petition has met its modest goal, htere's nothing mandating that Oregon listen to it. However, we're not going to argue that Mariota would be a worthy candidate if Oregon decided to retire his number.
He's the first Heisman Trophy winner in school history and won 36 games as a starting quarterback. While Oregon ultimately fell short in the national title game against Ohio State, he became the first Pac-12 player to accumulate more than 5.000 yards of total offense in a season in the loss.
Mariota declared for the NFL draft last week and is vying with Florida State's Jameis Winston to be the first quarterback taken.
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