UCLA Football: Teammate Labels True Freshman Quarterback Dante Moore A Star

He's finally starting!

Your UCLA Bruins made a big change at the single-most important position on the field Saturday, when they inserted 18-year-old true freshman Dante Moore in at quarterback over last week's starter, junior Ethan Garbers. Moore responded by completing 17 of 27 attempts for 290 yards and three touchdowns, in a lopsided 35-10 road decimation of San Diego State.

One player who's seen more action than either play caller is already a big fan of Moore. Wide receiver Logan Loya spoke at length after the matchup about Moore's bright future, per Derek Peterson of Saturday Out West.

“He’s going to be a star, 100%,” Loya reflected. “I mean, he already is... He’s not playing like a true freshman." 

“It’s gonna be fun to watch this year," Loya continued. “We’ve seen all this and we’ve seen more, so there’s definitely more for you guys to see. I think it will excite you guys for sure. Kid came into college at 17 and came here and played like a dog. I mean, he was making some throws in practice where we were like, ‘Wow, this kid’s impressive.'”

Garbers, by the way, never got off the Bruins' bench in the win over SDSU.

Moore, a 6'3", 210-pound five-star recruit out of Martin Luther King High School in Detroit, seems destined for big things, after already doing some pretty big things in just his first two college contests ever.