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Timoteo, Freauff Locked In As Beavers Continue Fall Camp
August 13, 2026 | Football
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Josiah Timoteo and Eddie Freauff didn't need to reinvent anything this offseason.Â
Timoteo played both tackle positions last season and spent the winter and summer building on that. Part of it was adjusting to a new position coach. He's had a few of them in a few years now, and this one, offensive line coach Kirk Barron, who played recently at Purdue, has clicked with him.
"He understands us kind of a little more," Timoteo said. "He always tells us every day, day in, day out before practice that it's just about effort, and even after practice he says effort. He can fix the technical stuff, but it's up to us to bring the effort and the energy every day."
That effort-every-day mentality has turned into a standard for the whole O-line room, Timoteo said, built through reps since winter conditioning started. It's why he trusts the guy behind him on the depth chart just as much as himself.
"Even if you're a two or three, whenever it's your time to step up, it's nothing new because we already practice day in, day out and we know what the standard is," he said. "If say I go down at the left tackle spot, the guy behind me, I know we're good because it's just a natural thing that we created throughout the whole winter and summer -- a standard that we've built, and I know we can trust our guys throughout the whole depth chart."
Freauff's offseason was a different kind of buy-in. Less about technique, more about how seriously he took every single day. He's one of the older guys now in a receiver room that brought in a handful of new faces, and he says that's changed how he operates.
"I think I've matured in terms of how serious I take my nutrition, my health, and my recovery," Freauff said.
Oregon State's leading returning pass-catcher has leaned into pushing the young guys in that room instead of just worrying about himself.
"I just became an older guy in the room," he said. "It's pushed me to be a more mature figure in the room to help the younger guys, and it's taught me to be more of a professional in this and not as much of a kid as I was last year."
For Freauff, buying in also meant learning a new offense under coordinator Mitch Dahlen and living up to what head coach JaMarcus Shephard, himself a receivers coach in the past, expects out of the room.
"He's brought energy and an intensity that I haven't really played with," Freauff said of Shephard. "That comes with a level of expectation for us receivers. It's just pushing our whole room to be better every day, in and out: playbook, film, and then just how we treat our bodies, nutrition and all that."
Neither guy is banking on last season to carry them into this one. Freauff, even as the room's most proven returner, said the whole offense is starting from scratch.
"We're back down to zero, you feel me? Last year is last year, that's in the past," he said. "We're looking forward, we're not looking backwards. We've got to prove ourselves again."
Timoteo said it's the same on the O-line, where daily battles in practice -- against defenders like Takari Hickle -- are part of building that standard.
"Takari is good, just a big body who could move well," Timoteo said. "I think he's one of our best guys. Going up against him every day, you know, not only makes me better, but the team better."
Timoteo played both tackle positions last season and spent the winter and summer building on that. Part of it was adjusting to a new position coach. He's had a few of them in a few years now, and this one, offensive line coach Kirk Barron, who played recently at Purdue, has clicked with him.
"He understands us kind of a little more," Timoteo said. "He always tells us every day, day in, day out before practice that it's just about effort, and even after practice he says effort. He can fix the technical stuff, but it's up to us to bring the effort and the energy every day."
That effort-every-day mentality has turned into a standard for the whole O-line room, Timoteo said, built through reps since winter conditioning started. It's why he trusts the guy behind him on the depth chart just as much as himself.
"Even if you're a two or three, whenever it's your time to step up, it's nothing new because we already practice day in, day out and we know what the standard is," he said. "If say I go down at the left tackle spot, the guy behind me, I know we're good because it's just a natural thing that we created throughout the whole winter and summer -- a standard that we've built, and I know we can trust our guys throughout the whole depth chart."
Freauff's offseason was a different kind of buy-in. Less about technique, more about how seriously he took every single day. He's one of the older guys now in a receiver room that brought in a handful of new faces, and he says that's changed how he operates.
"I think I've matured in terms of how serious I take my nutrition, my health, and my recovery," Freauff said.
Oregon State's leading returning pass-catcher has leaned into pushing the young guys in that room instead of just worrying about himself.
"I just became an older guy in the room," he said. "It's pushed me to be a more mature figure in the room to help the younger guys, and it's taught me to be more of a professional in this and not as much of a kid as I was last year."
For Freauff, buying in also meant learning a new offense under coordinator Mitch Dahlen and living up to what head coach JaMarcus Shephard, himself a receivers coach in the past, expects out of the room.
"He's brought energy and an intensity that I haven't really played with," Freauff said of Shephard. "That comes with a level of expectation for us receivers. It's just pushing our whole room to be better every day, in and out: playbook, film, and then just how we treat our bodies, nutrition and all that."
Neither guy is banking on last season to carry them into this one. Freauff, even as the room's most proven returner, said the whole offense is starting from scratch.
"We're back down to zero, you feel me? Last year is last year, that's in the past," he said. "We're looking forward, we're not looking backwards. We've got to prove ourselves again."
Timoteo said it's the same on the O-line, where daily battles in practice -- against defenders like Takari Hickle -- are part of building that standard.
"Takari is good, just a big body who could move well," Timoteo said. "I think he's one of our best guys. Going up against him every day, you know, not only makes me better, but the team better."
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