Dante Moore talks about his transition to college football, UCLA

UCLA quarterback Dante Moore is expected to be the future of Bruins program. But the early enrollee out of Detroit is still getting use to life as a college student and college athlete.

He appreciates the veterans on the team and especially on offense who are helping him and open to his questions.

“Me coming in, I appreciate everybody on the team that’s accepted me and pushing me every day,” Moore said after a recent practice. “I said I appreciate them. When I’m in the game, I feel real comfortable. Everybody’s believing in me and I’m believing in everybody else. I appreciate everything going on and I love this team.”

Moore is one of the highest-rated recruit in the country. He was the No. 3 overall recruit and No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 On3 Industry Ranking. The On3 Industry is a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four major recruiting media services. The On3 Industry Ranking is the most advanced, complete and unbiased rating and ranking measurement in the industry.

He was a late commit to the program, flipping from Oregon in December. He talked about one thing that impressed him on his official visit to the school during that time in the recruiting calendar.

“One thing that I really appreciate even on my OV, is just little things in this program,” Moore said. “Us having VRs in our quarterback room to help us see what we see on a football field…We watch a lot of (Dorian Thompson-Robinson) clips of him at practice and what they wear on the helmet is a 360 camera. Whatever the quarterback sees, if I turn our my head this way, that’s what the camera shows and everything. It really helps us through our progressions of seeing how we progress through the field.”

One of the biggest adjustments Dante Moore had had to make has been getting up to speed with the speed of his new UCLA teammates.

“I’ve only there for a couple of months and my first spring ball ever,” Moore said. “I’m still adjusting to the way the guys are moving on football field. In high school, we have a couple guys that’s high 4.5, 4.6. But out here everyone is running 4.4, 4.5…I remember my first week I got here when I was throwing with them, I was a little late a couple of throws. They were just telling me hey, adjust this adjust to that and everybody has gotten quicker and everything but just adjusting to the speed of the game and really just understanding the offense is something I need to improve on.”

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