Great News: Top Rated QB Eyeing Michigan Move, As National Outlets Believes That He Will Fit In And….

In addition to working diligently to strengthen their roster for the upcoming season, the Michigan Wolverines are also working in the transfer portal in preparation for their College Football Playoff matchup against Alabama on New Year’s Day in the Rose Bowl.

Former UCLA quarterback Dante Moore, a five-star high school prospect out of Detroit, is one of the athletes rumored to be considering a transfer to Michigan. Although he has options to play for his hometown school, the Wolverines provide him the chance to play with elite teams like Oregon, Florida State, and others.

The chance is so significant that Michigan is the ideal place for Moore to land, according to ESPN’s Tom Luginbill on Tuesday. This was what he needed to say:

“Moore is likely at the top of a lot of people’s boards because of his upside, eligibility and flashes he showed this fall at UCLA. Going to Michigan makes sense for Moore, a Detroit native, who would get to go back home and compete for a championship every year during his remaining eligibility. He’s not quite the same runner, but as a passer, he has a lot of the same traits Jayden Daniels possesses.”

That’s some high praise at the end of that analysis — saying he possesses the same arm talent as the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner. That alone should have Michigan fans salivating over the possibility of having Moore transfer to Ann Arbor.

But to Luginbill’s point, that’s kind of what scouts and evaluators saw out of Moore coming out of MLK High School in Detroit as a prep player. He was ranked as the No. 5 overall player and the No. 3 quarterback in the class, and was compared to Dak Prescott by 247Sports’ Allen Trieu, saying in part that Moore is, “Mature, polished, does not appear to rattle easily,” and he, “Works extremely hard, and that total package projects him to be a multi-year college starter and someone who can be an early draft choice.”

In the offseason, should J.J. McCarthy decide to forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the NFL Draft, the Wolverines might have an open quarterback competition. In that scenario, Jayden Denegal, Davis Warren, Alex Orji, and incoming true freshman Jadyn Davis would make up Michigan’s current quarterback room. Though none of those people have shown any proof, there is talent there.

Even if McCarthy were to stay, Moore reportedly doesn’t mind learning and growing from a year of shadowing an experienced quarterback. McCarthy could definitely work with it and wouldn’t abandon Moore, unlike what happened to him a few years ago with another quarterback.

Will there be a transfer of this kind? Moore to Michigan just makes sense; no one knows for sure yet.