Wednesdays provide the first of 4 availability reports in the week leading up to a Saturday game.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49755323/big-ten-release-4-player-availability-reports-per-week

For the first time, I’m beginning to wonder if Dante Moore is done playing football for OBD.

It’s hard to imagine him putting up top-5 draft pick numbers behind the patchwork offensive line we’ve seen through six games. Why risk a massive NFL paycheck and his entire future career? He could easily lay low, protect his health, and slide into the draft based on last year's performance and his perceived upside.

What is the actual payoff for him coming back at this point?

I seriously hope I’m wrong!

Go Ducks!

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by John Charles

I think that when he has a clean bill of health from HIS doctor he will be back after 1 week of practice with the team.

skipping the rest of the season could be bad for his draft positioning.

Dante also can come back next year.

3 hours ago, 1Ducker1 said:

I think that when he has a clean bill of health from HIS doctor he will be back after 1 week of practice with the team.

He has been at practice. Doing what we don't know. So he may be good-to-go as soon as he is medically cleared.

3 hours ago, 1Ducker1 said:

skipping the rest of the season could be bad for his draft positioning.

Yes, "could".

I doubt he will skip playing if cleared, unless it is for a lower tier non-playoff bowl (which nowadays are all non-playoff bowls)

Also, draft positioning for maximum dollars is different than being drafted by a better fit if a player falls a bit.

He has been at practice for the last 2 weeks but has limited reps and activity.

I believe the chance he comes back next year is very low. He stayed only because he wanted to compete for the title. Seeing how unpredictable the team is year after year, he wouldn't want to chance it again