{"id":168710,"date":"2025-09-25T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/168710\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:58:11","slug":"steelers-select-standout-oregon-ducks-qb-in-new-2026-nfl-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/168710\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers select standout Oregon Ducks QB in new 2026 NFL mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look out <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-history-ireland-everything-fans-162546803.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers fans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers fans<\/a>, Pittsburgh was mocked to pick one of college football&#8217;s rising stars \u2014 and it isn&#8217;t Texas Longhorn QB <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-quarterback-watch-list-2026-100314359.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Arch Manning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arch Manning<\/a> or Penn State Nittany Lion QB <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-way-too-early-three-191839955.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Allar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Allar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a new 2026 NFL mock draft by CBS Sports&#8217; Mike Renner, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> were projected to select Oregon Ducks QB Dante Moore with pick No. 12 in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moore has been the breakout star at the quarterback position this season,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\/nfl-mock-draft-2026-first-round-quarterback-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Renner wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Renner wrote<\/a>. &#8220;After starting his career at UCLA, Moore sat behind Dillon Gabriel last year. In four games this season, his arm talent and athleticism are on full display. He&#8217;s averaging over 10.0 yards per attempt so far. If he continues to impress this weekend against Penn State, Moore could even soar higher than this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his first four games of the 2025 collegiate season, Moore has thrown for 962 yards, 11 touchdowns, and just one interception, leading his Ducks to four straight wins.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re still almost seven months away from the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh, an exciting event for Steelers Nation, Moore would be the perfect selection to send the in-person Black and Gold faithful into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including Pittsburgh&#8217;s Week 4 matchup vs. the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/09\/25\/steelers-oregon-dante-moore-mock-draft-cbs-sports\/86348455007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers&#039; select Dante Moore in new CBS Sports&#039; 2026 NFL mock draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers&#8217; select Dante Moore in new CBS Sports&#8217; 2026 NFL mock draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look out Steelers fans, Pittsburgh was mocked to pick one of college football&#8217;s rising stars \u2014 and it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[708,64,63,11564,110478,1266,110480,70905,1239,593,1219,3374,5132,85,5350,110479],"class_list":{"0":"post-168710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-arch-manning","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-cbs-sports","12":"tag-dante-moore","13":"tag-dillon-gabriel","14":"tag-drew","15":"tag-mike-renner","16":"tag-minnesota-vikings","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-oregon-ducks","19":"tag-penn-state","20":"tag-pittsburgh","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-steelers","23":"tag-texas-longhorn"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}