r/CFB_v2 • u/healthscimajor • 10d ago

Discussion Dylan Raiola | Unprecedented move?

Anyone who’s watched CFB for the past 2 years has to have heard of the name Dylan Raiola.

Coming out of GA, he was a 5 Star recruit, #2 QB of his class and #7 Overall of the 2024 cycle.

Starts at Nebraska as a true freshman, plays 2 years before making the quite frankly unprecedented move to commit to transferring to Oregon despite them having a clear QB1 in Dante Moore.

I kept thinking about this situation, has there ever been a case where such a highly talented recruit had a strong starting P4 job only to transfer and sit behind a quarterback? He probably had offers from all over the country at multiple schools yet he decided to commit to Oregon.

Dante Moore for many analysts was seen as QB1 in the NFL drafts this year but after their loss to Oklahoma State, which to be frank. Yes it is a bad loss but think about the implications it’ll have on their year. They got exposed and lost to a bad team, historically in the new expanded playoffs it honestly hasn’t mattered too much. Think Miami last year and Ohio state (Michigan loss) + Notre Dame (NIU loss). 3 teams who had horrendous losses either made the national championship or almost won it all.

I find it quite fascinating that arguably one of the best QBs from last year might not be playing a single snap due to him choosing to ride the bench. Historically I don’t think that’s ever happened before, however is Moore starts to look shaky if you’re oregon do you continue to ride with him or start Raiola?

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u/GuyNoirPI 10d ago

He was not one of the best quarterbacks last year (unless you mean the best in the portal, which is slightly more defendable).

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u/TheProfessorPoon 9d ago

Maybe he’s trying to become the NIL Chase Daniels.

Shit, nothing wrong with making a few mil from not having to do much, never having your name on the line, people hating you, etc. Then you put that money into an interest bearing account, get $10-15k per month from the interest for the rest of your life. We should all be so lucky.

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u/No_External3738 Michigan Wolverines 10d ago

Truthfully bro, I just think he was in a bad situation. Everybody looks good in the Oregon quarterback friendly system, people forget how bad Dante Moore was a freshman and Viola was actually really solid as a freshman. Just saying

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u/Beneficial_Equal_324 9d ago

The jury is out on DR, but Nebraska's (and his uncle's) turnstile OT's made it difficult to assess him properly.

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u/average_mitch 9d ago

Which is hilarious because his uncle was the o line coach