Analyst Details Dante Moore’s Expectations at Oregon, ‘The Bar Has Been Set…’

The Oregon Ducks are a team in college football that has represented success since the turn of the millennium.

Since that time, they've always had talent, especially at quarterback. 

Joey Harrington was one of the first, helping lead Oregon to double-digit wins before becoming a high draft pick.

Things continued in the late 2000's with Dennis Dixon and Darron Thomas.

Thomas was the first to be partnered with Chip Kelly and the results were there immediately. After a 10-3 season in 2009, they made the BCS National Championship in 2010 before losing to Cam Newton and the Auburn Tigers.

Dante Moore's expectations at Oregon

Even in the past two seasons, the Ducks have had talented quarterbacks.

Bo Nix was absolutely electric in his two seasons in Eugene, OR, and almost led the Ducks to the College Football playoff in their last year in the Pac-12.

After transferring from Oklahoma, Dillon Gabriel looked like a seamless fit, helping lead Oregon to an undefeated record and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

Next up looks to Dante Moore. Moore sat behind Gabriel after transferring in from UCLA. As a freshman, he threw for 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions on 213 pass attempts.

Because of the list of hefty names that have come before him, expectations are through the roof for Moore to continue the Ducks' success.

"The bar has been set pretty high at Oregon," said On3's J.D. PicKell. "You got to be a Heisman finalist, right? That's an absolutely unfair thing to say.

"To be the guy at Oregon feels like kind of, you know, heavy expectations. But look at how the system is built. They're not going to ask him to make all these NFL-caliber throws. Get the ball to playmakers, be on time, be on schedule."

Coming out of Martin Luther King High School in Detroit, Moore was ranked as the No. 4 quarterback in the country and the No. 3 quarterback.

There's one thing that could work in Moore's favor compared to other teams transitioning to a new quarterback. Moore sat behind Gabriel for a year and got to learn the Ducks' system. It's not like he's coming in fresh out of the transfer portal, having to pick up a new scheme in just a few months.

If Moore's skill set can sync up with the high-flying Ducks offense, it's not out of the question that Moore becomes a star this upcoming season.