https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/dante-moore-injury-oregon-wont-return-2026-season/

Not that surprising.

In truth he probably shouldn't have come back this year.

Hope he moves off the sidelines, just in case he might get hurt.

Lanning talked about scout team (controlled and protected)

Go Ducks reports

Moore Unlikely to Return for Ducks in 2026 - University of Oregon Athletics

ESPN

Oregon QB Dante Moore not expected to return this season - ESPN

The season has gone from farce to parody.

I feel sorry for Dante coming back on whim and having it blow up so spectacularly. It should be clear to the scouts he wasn't getting coached properly and certainly being cheap shot out of a season doesn't make him injury prone.

I hope he falls to the mid to late part of the draft to a great team. I not super optimistic about his chances in the NFL given his inability to process his entire field of vision, but he's a good dude that has done things the right way and deserves a shot at the next level.

And regardless of how things turn out he will make more money than he could ever hope to learn how to spend.

Very saddened to learn this, but also not very surprised.

What an absolutely insane season this has turned out to be. Just unbelievable.

14 minutes ago, Desert Duck said:

What an absolutely insane season this has turned out to be. Just unbelievable.

Its not unbelievable its just Football. Its not a contact sport its a collision sport.

4 minutes ago, 1Ducker1 said:

Its not unbelievable its just Football. Its not a contact sport its a collision sport.

Well, allow me to clarify... it's obviously not literally 'unbelievable'.

But I'm somewhat confident that I'm not the only guy who didn't anticipate the season unfolding the way it has. Frankly, the way this season is/has played out wasn't remotely on anyone's radar.

Dante for OC, he already making more money than most OCs and he knows the play book. What the heck might as well give it a go what do we have to do in lose.

He didn't seem to be as good as everyone thought, anyway. DR wasn't the only one missing wide open recievers.

Some halfway decent QB will want to come to Eugene...

Dudes pretty fragile. He will be quickly forgotten.

It has been mentioned many times on this site and I will throw my hat into that ring as well.

I miss the days of a dual-threat QB. ASJR is just that.

Why don't we see what we have there?

I know we paid DR and maybe knowing that the job is his to lose will motivate him...or maybe this is just the version of DR that exists.

I realize that they may be trying to preserve a redshirt, or maybe he isn't great at reading complex defenses...who knows. How 'bout we give him the ball and say, "go do what you do".

19 minutes ago, Ktmguy2018 said:

Why don't we see what we have there?

Agreed.

I am so done with hearing that AS Jr isn't that good. If he had gone to Illinois instead of Oregon the story would have been a four star redshirt freshman QB winning the game instead of a true freshman 3 star. Why does it seem like Oregon needs five star QBs to play great when just about anybody we play can throw in back up three stars and do just fine?

It is hard to believe that every QB the UO has recruited since Herbert in 2016 has sucked. How can it be that Rich Brooks in the 80's with god awful offenses could still recruit better QB's like Chris Miller and Bill Musgrave than a perennial top 10 team with outstanding offense year after year? How? HOW?

Nearly every QB the Ducks recruited and started from Miller through Dennis Dixon at least got drafted in the NFL (1984-2007). Since then they have mostly relied on transfers. Something really doesn't add up.

It is a different landscape today than in the early years. Indiana, UCLA, USC, Miami, Notre Dame, hell even Kentucky all have transfer QB’s. Few true freshman or even RS Freshman can take you to a championship. The Ducks are going to continually recruit the portal for QB’s. Next year will be no exception. Will Mencl may never see the field until 2030. He won’t stay around that long. Just the way it is.

Does Ty Thompson ring a bell? Everyone was clamoring for him when MC was HC. That didn't work out very well. He transferred and still wasn't the starter. I agree let Akili take the field but I'm not holding my breath over it.