UCLA Football News: CFB Expert Envisions Freshman QB Potential Impact

What is Dante Moore's cieling as a starting QB in his freshman season?

Your UCLA Bruins will be ready to embark on a new challenge and adventure starting in the 2024 season as they will make the transition to the Big 10 Conference. It will be a huge transition, and all eyes will be on them to see if they can hang with stiffer competition. 

We'll find out soon enough, but for 2023, they will show they are a force to be reckoned with, and it could fall at the hands of their five-star freshman recruit from Michigan, Dante Moore. Moore signed with UCLA in late December and finished as the number three quarterback among his class and number one in his state of Michigan. A lot will ride on the five-star recruit to take his new team to new heights, but what kind of a role could he play? 

He's not guaranteed a starting spot at the moment, but if all goes well, he could be under center starting against Coastal Carolina. 

If that's the case, what could his freshman season look like? College Football expert Josh Pate looks inside his crystal ball and looks at the QBs potential in his first year. 

"If we were to see Dante Moore, a true freshman step in and they win the Pac-12, what a story that would be. They may be going to the playoff if that were to happen. Number two, Chip Kelly has his quarterback for sure. Number three, UCLA is all of a sudden entering Big 10 play with a premier quarterback, Chip Kelly is back out there in the forefront of a B tier coaching ranks." 

(via CBS Sports)

According to Caesars Sportsbook Odds, UCLA has a -115 odds to win over 8.5 wins, +1200 to win the Pac-12, and +15000 to win the National Championship as of July 6. 

The odds are definitely stacked against them, but if Moore were to live up to the hype, the possibilities are endless. All goes well, and they even make it into a great bowl game; that does a lot for Moore, Kelly, and the recruiters considering UCLA. 

This is a big season for the Bruins, who will try to end their time in the Pac-12 on a high note and enter the Big 10 with some momentum. 

We'll see how Moore's game translates to college football.