After a few months of spring football across the conference, Oregon will close up the Pac-12’s slate of spring games this Saturday (11 a.m. PT). Ducks coach Mark Helfrich says the event “will resemble American football.” Here are a few things to watch for when Oregon takes the field:

1. The quarterbacks: This has been one of the biggest themes of the spring and Saturday will be the first time we get to see some extended play from Dakota Prukop and Travis Jonsen. Already this week we’ve outlined the Oregon quarterback battle as well as front-runner Prukop’s recent settling in, but it’ll be nice to finally see how both react in some live action. Offensive coordinator Matt Lubick said earlier this week that Jonsen has the benefit of understanding the offense a bit better, while Prukop has the benefit of experience. Which will be more obvious on Saturday?

2. Brady Hoke’s new scheme: Hoke demands a lot of out his front seven, especially his defensive line. It’s where his roots are and anything less than complete physicality is going to be a disappointment for him. So, with installing a new defense and implementing a different leadership style, how much progress have the Ducks made in just 15 practices? Hoke has the base defense put in so the Ducks have at least some of their looks set for the fall, but Hoke has a massive playbook so they won't be able to get to everything this spring. How much they’ll actually show on Saturday? That remains to be seen. But, it will be the first glimpse of these players working within a 4-3 scheme and that’ll be a very different look for Oregon.

3. Depth at wide receiver: Dynamic playmaker Charles Nelson is back focusing on offense, and the Ducks moved defensive back Dylan Kane over to the unit that might be one of the deepest -- if not the deepest -- on the team. Add Dwyane Stanford, Darren Carrington, Jalen Brown, Kirk Merritt and Alex Ofodile to that list and you’ve got a good mix of battle-tested players and young blood. It should be interesting to see the different matchups and who wins those match ups between some of these wide receivers and defensive backs who’ve grown up quite a bit in the last year.

4. Versatility of the running backs: Lubick said he expects his running backs to know the wide receiver playbook and while Royce Freeman is a known entity, it’ll be exciting to see how the Ducks might employ Kani Benoit, Taj Griffin and Tony Brooks-James. The spring game will be another good opportunity to throw those guys into situations with a bit more pressure than a typical practice to see how they perform when called upon to do something a bit more outside of the typical running back box.

5. Tight end Pharaoh Brown: There are few stories more inspiring in college football right now than Brown’s path from near amputation less than two years ago to his return to the Ducks. There’s a chance that Brown plays this weekend, which will mark the first time he has been on a field in a competitive situation since his original injury in 2014. Earlier this month he told ESPN.com that he really doesn’t know what it’ll be like the first time he finally steps foot on the field again in an Oregon uniform. “It definitely means a lot for everybody because everybody has invested a lot into me during the tough times,” Brown said. “Just being able to see all the work I’ve put in, all the dedication, going through everything I’ve been through to do what I love again.”