Is Dante Moore going to the NFL Draft? Oregon QB decision looms after Dylan Raiola transfer news

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One decision has been made: Dylan Raiola is transferring to Oregon.

But the other shoe hasn't dropped yet. Dante Moore is still, as of Monday, a Ducks QB, too.

The assumption for most of the season would be that Moore, who had a big campaign after transferring himself from UCLA, is heading to the NFL Draft.

Most analysts have Moore as a top-two QB in the class, along with Fernando Mendoza.

But a rough performance for Moore in the College Football Playoff semifinal against Indiana, with a pick-6 on the first play, has some wondering if Moore should get more seasoning in college.

Is Dante Moore going to the NFL Draft?

Moore has not made any announcement, one way or the other, on the NFL Draft.

It's rare that a quarterback projected to go in the top-10 would go back to school.

It'd be an especially curious decision now with Raiola bound for Eugene. There was a report last week that indicated Raiola would be willing to sit a whole year behind Moore at Oregon before playing himself, but that seems pretty crazy.

Moore would be taking a risk going back to Oregon at this point, too. What if Raiola and he were both really there and Raiola beat him out for the job? That would tank Moore's draft status entirely.

The easiest way to read this situation is to assume that Raiola's transfer signals the Moore to the NFL decision that most expect to be coming.

But until Moore makes an actual announcement, this is still a fascinating scenario.

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