Dante
Moore.
Dante
Moore.
Oregon· Jr· 6'3"· 215 lb
"Five-star prospect who sat for a year behind Bo Nix and blossomed under Lanning. He's got one of the best arms in the class, a lightning release, and the makeup of a starter. The QB2 or QB3 of the 2027 class, no drama."
Pro-style passer under Will Stein. He lives on 1st down play-action with shot plays (16% PA rate, top-10 nationally), 5-step drops on 2nd & medium with full-field progressions, and 3rd downs in empty formations with a quick game. His elite zone is 3rd & 4-7 from shotgun empty, where the slant/flat combo plus his release exploits the cushion in Cover-3 (71% completion in that subset). Where he struggles: 3rd & long against man with a disguised blitz — the 2024 tape at UCLA showed that locking onto his first read is still there in key moments. His most sustained trait: 9.3 YPA on play-action. That number screams that his arm and release have already arrived.
- 01
Arm talent
Plus-plus arm. Throws the 18-yard out from the opposite hash from a simple platform. Deep ball has touch — his 50/50 balls against single-high are completions almost six out of ten times. That opens up the entire NFL vertical menu, no asterisk.
- 02
Release
0.40s ball-out time. The quick game (slant, hitch, stick) is out before the CB can set his feet. Any NFL timing-based route system will love him — Shanahan, McVay, and Sirianni would live on that release.
- 03
Maturation from Detroit to Eugene
The 2023 Dante Moore at UCLA and the 2025 version at Oregon are different QBs. Pocket presence, hot route decisions, climbing the pocket — everything went up a level. Stein's coaching plus a year behind Nix refined him. A real positive trajectory, not just a preseason narrative.
- 04
Toughness
Vs. Ohio State 2025: four sacks, three QB hits, and he's still in the pocket on the fifth drive, throwing a TD to tie the game. Mentally tough under punishment — that's a non-negotiable NFL starter trait.
- 01
Processing Under Disguised Pressure
Creative defenses (Penn State, Ohio State in 2025) showed him Cover-0 blitz post-snap and the tendency to lock onto his first read returned on six reps. This is the NFL every Sunday. If he doesn't improve here in 2026, his ceiling drops from top-5 to just top-10 QB.
- 02
Game-to-Game Variance
Five TDs vs. Wisconsin, then one TD and two INTs vs. Penn State the following week. The high variability between starts within the same year is exactly what separates a player like Purdy from Herbert in the NFL. It needs to be monitored.
- 03
Footwork Under Pressure
His base narrows when he feels interior pressure, causing throws to sail high in the intermediate area (over five high throws due to pressure vs. Ohio State). It's a mechanical flaw that needs reps with an NFL QB coach — correctable, but it's on tape.
- 04
Limited Sample Size as a Starter
One year as a starter at Oregon plus an incomplete year at UCLA. The NFL typically projects QBs with 36+ starts. We need to see 2026 before calibrating his ultimate ceiling, to be honest.
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Most likely outcome: a top-12 NFL starter who wins a lot of games in a well-designed system but needs structure. 60% completion, 30 TDs, 4500 yds in a good year.
Same combo of a 6'3" frame, quick release, and plus-plus arm strength. If his game-to-game consistency solidifies, this is where he lives. And yes, I know how that name sounds — I don't throw it around lightly.
Real physical talent but lacks week-to-week consistency. Three brilliant games followed by a 2-INT performance against a defense that disguised its coverage. High-end career backup.
Timing-based route system (Shanahan tree) · Air Coryell with shot plays (like Cousins) · Sirianni's vertical spread
Play-action heavy schemes with condensed sets and shot plays — the 9.3 YPA on PA screams McVay/Shanahan. The Saints with Olave/Kamara or Steelers with DK would be a natural fit. The risk: a team that puts him in an empty backfield against the blitz every down — his processing isn't there yet.
- Raiders#6
- Saints#4
- Giants#3
- Browns#2
Calculated: team's projected pick × position of need
- UCLA freshman year
53% completion, 11/9 TD/INT ratio as a freshman was very noisy. The maturation is real, but that baseline performance happened.
- Mechanics under pressure
Narrows his base, throws sail high. Correctable, but the pattern is on tape.
- Sample Size
13 career P5 starts at the end of 2025. Less data than Sayin or Manning. 2026 is the make-or-break year.
The QB2 or QB3 of the 2027 class with top-10 NFL starter upside if his processing takes another step in 2026. The arm talent and release provide an elite floor — you can't teach that. The questions are game-to-game consistency and how he performs against creative defenses. For a franchise with a set OL and vertical receivers, he's a perfect day-one fit. In a broken situation, there's a risk of regression to his 2023 UCLA form. He's a top-10 lock in the base scenario; top-5 if 2026 confirms his trajectory. The Detroit → UCLA → Oregon storyline makes him a media narrative-darling — that adds to his draft floor, whether you like it or not.
RAS · Relative Athletic Score
Kent Lee Platte methodology · ras.football
/ Combine Feb '27 · Pro days Mar '27
Dante's RAS will publish once the official testing drops.
The Relative Athletic Score needs the 40, vertical, broad jump, shuttle and 3-cone — numbers that don't exist until the NFL Combine or pro day. Until then we grade the QB on percentiles vs. his positional cohort (see athletic radar below).
— — — mediana posicional (p50)
- 40 yardas
- 4.65sp50
- Vertical
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- Broad jump
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- Three-cone
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- Shuttle
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- Bench
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