Dante Moore is off to Oregon, where the term “Duck!” won’t mean evading pass rushers charging past UCLA’s porous offensive line.
The most highly recruited quarterback in the Chip Kelly era will most likely redshirt or be the backup at Oregon, instead of competing with Ethan Garbers for the starting job in Westwood. Dillon Gabriel, a senior transfer from Oklahoma and Central Florida who has passed for 14,865 yards and 125 touchdowns in five seasons, transferred to Oregon a week ago, yet Moore is off to Eugene anyway.
Is Moore’s departure an indictment of Kelly and his staff, or was the kid who arrived on campus last spring at age 17 on a scooter simply not ready to take the controls of a Power 5 team?