{"id":407375,"date":"2026-01-14T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:15:04","slug":"oregon-qb-dante-moore-declines-to-enter-2026-nfl-draft-will-return-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407375\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon QB Dante Moore declines to enter 2026 NFL Draft, will return to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has decided to return to the Ducks next season rather than declare for the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Moore, 20, announced his decision on Wednesday on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to me just making my decision, of course I want to feel most prepared and what&#8217;s best for my situation, especially as a quarterback. And with my decision, it&#8217;s been very tough. I prayed a lot about it, talked to many people, my mentors, and people I just look up to, and with that being said, of course I&#8217;ll be coming back to Oregon for one more year, being able to play for the Oregon Ducks and reach our goal and be national champions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Moore completed nearly 72% of his throws for 3, 565 yards, with 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Oregon finished 13-2.<\/p>\n<p>Moore was considered one of the top QB prospects along with Indiana quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks were coming off a 56-22 loss to Indiana in a College Football Playoff semifinal Friday night. Moore had three crucial turnovers in the first half, leading to three Indiana touchdowns that gave the Hoosiers a commanding 35-7 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has decided to return to the Ducks next season rather than declare for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2724,399,398,396,397,3,6257,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-407375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-no-minute","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}