Oregon opened fall camp Friday, officially starting the countdown to the season -- a finite period of development that coach Dan Lanning seems acutely aware of as he took stock of where things stood a day into it.

"Good first day, nowhere near where we need to be for Game 1, but luckily we're not playing Game 1 yet," Lanning said afterward. "Lot of work to do. Guys brought good energy, definitely embracing the strain and the opportunity to get better. One percent is what we're looking for in each and everything that we do, so where can we find those percentage points to get a little bit better?"

He offered his thoughts on that as well ...

"It's a lot of things. It's Day 1 practice. It's a level of toughness, it's a level of effort, it's a level of finish. If you don't practice football every day, there's some of those things that go away and you've got to train them -- you've got to train those habits. It's got to be harder right now than it is in the game," he said.

One benefit for Oregon is that the Ducks have a much fuller roster this month than they did in the spring, with the summer arrivals on board and a healthier unit overall. Lanning noted that allows the coaches to break out two separate 11 vs. 11 groups to maximize reps.

In regard to his comments about pushing everyone on the roster this camp, that extends to what would figure to be the position group with the fewest questions -- an offensive line that returns five of its top six contributors from a year ago.

"They've done it, but the challenge there is how do you keep it fresh and creative? You push them just as much as you push the other guys. So we're moving guys around in other positions. Certainly none of them have been anointed to being in their spots -- there's going to be some shuffling there -- and that's part about figuring out who your best five are up front. It's not assumed just because who it was before," Lanning said.

As for the quarterback competition, where veteran Auburn transfer Bo Nix looked to come out of spring with the edge on redshirt freshman Ty Thompson, that's an area where Lanning sees the benefit of the work done in spring paying off.

"The biggest thing is knowledge -- knowledge of our system. In the spring they probably had a second of hesitation on where do I take the ball, where do I go, what's the operation? They're much more really comfortable in the system and that's showing up," he said.

While reporters are only allowed to watch the first 15 or so minutes of practice, Lanning relayed some of the highlights from the day while emphasizing some notable newcomers like freshman running back Jordan James, freshman wide receiver Kyler Kasper and Texas A&M wide receiver transfer Caleb Chapman.

"Jordan had a nice run today -- that was fun to see. Kyler Kasper had a nice catch. I'll tell you who showed up as a newcomer is Chapman -- had a couple deep balls. He's got to continue to push his conditioning, but there was a couple of explosive plays that stuck out from those guys," Lanning said.

Chapman had 13 catches for 210 yards last season at Texas A&M while being limited to six games. Overall in three seasons there, he tallied 28 catches for 413 yards and 3 TDs, playing in a total of just 11 games.

"We've got some guys on our staff that were really familiar with Caleb. They were there at A&M, got to see him day in and day out," Lanning said. "He's got great size, obviously that experience. I know he's been dinged up, but I think he's excited to be healthy and go work and that's showing up."