PFF not sold on Dante Moore's star potential for Oregon Ducks in 2025
PFF not sold on Dante Moore's star potential for Oregon Ducks in 2025
Perhaps the biggest driving force of success in college football is the level of quarterback play a team has. Currently, it seems that having a superstar at the position is not as important as simply having competent quarterback play.
We've seen the Ohio State Buckeyes and Georgia Bulldogs win National Championships with quarterbacks who were simply serviceable in Will Howard and Stetson Bennett, while the Florida State Seminoles were derailed by a catastrophic season from D.J. Uiagalelei.
After Heisman trophy finalist Dillon Gabriel got drafted this year, the Oregon Ducks are expected to name Dante Moore their starting quarterback, and they are hoping for the latter. Unfortunately, Pro Football Focus released analytical rankings of the Power Four quarterbacks, and Moore did not grade very well.
The ranking factors in multiple accuracy categories like passes completed in stride and throws within the wide receiver's frame. In Moore's lone season as a starter in 2023, he posted just a 53.5% completion percentage, so it's not hard to see why his accuracy graded so poorly.
The company ranked the quarterbacks into groups to make the rankings more comprehensible, and the assumed Ducks starter was placed into the 'Longshots and Lower-Rated Vets' bucket. That would be less than ideal, but the saving grace for Oregon is that Moore has started just five games in his collegiate career, so he has more than enough room to grow.
He'll also be surrounded by an abundance of talent this year with the Ducks, so there is a good chance that he performs much better during his second stint as a starter.
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