The 2023 season is now behind us, and while there is still a bowl game to be played — The Fiesta Bowl vs. The Liberty Flames — Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are working hard on the construction of their roster and hitting the transfer portal in attempts to formulate what this team will look like going into the 2024 season, the team’s first year in the Big Ten Conference. While they work on bringing new players in via the transfer portal, we want to look at the future breakdown of each position, detailing current players on the roster, incoming recruits, and potential targets on the market right now. We’re going to start at quarterback.
The past offseason was relatively calm for in Eugene, as Oregon Duck fans entered the 2023 season without a quarterback competition to worry about, knowing that incumbent starter Bo Nix was not only going to be the QB1 on the roster but was rightfully being touted as a Heisman Trophy candidate heading into the final year of Pac-12 play.
The same can’t be said about the upcoming 2024 offseason.
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Bo Nix is headed off to the NFL where he is likely to be a first-round draft pick in April. Meanwhile, the Ducks will be looking to name a new starting quarterback as they get ready to enter Big Ten play for the first time. Fortunately for Dan Lanning and Will Stein, they have several options to choose from. Whether it be a current player on the roster like Ty Thompson or Austin Novosad, or a potential incoming portal addition like Dillon Gabriel or Dante Moore, fans should have confidence that no matter who starts for the Ducks in 2024, he won’t be a last-resort option; he will have earned the job.
Let’s look at the various candidates for the starting job, and provide an overview of the projected QB room in 2024 for the Oregon Ducks.