Oregon's Dante Moore writes his route to maturity
Oregon's high-profile backup QB has a story to tell.
EUGENE — Dante Moore was already comfortable in Eugene before last Thursday morning.
The former five-star quarterback moved to Oregon in January. He’s met some friends, enjoys the competition amongst his teammates in the quarterback room and his brother has since moved out to the city from Michigan. He already likes Dan Lanning — remember, he had previously committed to the Oregon coach before that one-year detour through Westwood — and says that he’s already learning by the handfuls from Oregon No. 1 Dillon Gabriel.
Yes, life is good — far more stable than it felt a year ago, when Moore was a 17-year-old freshman in Los Angeles drinking from a fire hose with sky-high expectations.
And again, that was all before last week.
Then, just before sitting down with The I-5 Corridor, Moore got news that he said changed everything: