This is going to be a story in 2024 and be a talking point for nearly every Oregon football telecast next season.
The Ducks will possess one of the more unique quarterback situations in the nation with a graduate transfer in Dillon Gabriel, and former 5-star UCLA quarterback Dante Moore. Behind them, the Ducks also have redshirt freshman Austin Novosad, and true freshman Luke Moga.
It’s an embarrassment of riches and a depth chart that not only has quantity, but quality. Oregon coach Dan Lanning went on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN recently and discussed his signal callers and when they’ll bring to the Ducks in 2024.
Competition is the secret and those are guys that want to come compete, want to be the best version of themselves and they know they can come do it here. They see what I see in this place. And we want to get great players. One thing we tell our players when they come, like the minute you get here we’re going to go try to bring better and continue to bring better and that’s how you get the best out of yourselves. We want competitors. Those guys are both great competitors, great quarterbacks and we’re going to have a bunch of them on this team that can make us great.
While the belief is that Moore will sit behind Gabriel for the 2024 season and be ready to take over in 2025, don’t be surprised if we get more of a QB competition than some might think leading up to this coming season. Moore is the former No. 3 overall player in the 2023 class, and he could very well push Gabriel for the starting spot.
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