Dante Moore Shares the New Routine Addition That has Him Able to Contend for a Nationwide Title

After a devastating loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in final season’s CFB semifinals, College of Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has been altering up how he’s getting ready bodily for the brand new season, and the way he’s doing it’s fairly shocking.

“I’m simply pushing extra weight, getting stronger,” Moore not too long ago instructed M&F in Chicago the place he was celebrating EA Sports activities’ Opening Launch for the 2027 Madden NFL and Faculty video games. “I’m simply total caring for my physique. [I’m doing]  yoga, stretching, and ensuring I’m doing good with that. I’m doing yoga twice per week. I placed on some weight from lifting and consuming proper, so I’ve been stretching extra.”

By including just a little namaste into his each day, Moore, whose Geese are second in preseason rankings, says his mindset going into the 2026 season in what’s anticipated to be a run for the nationwide championship, at peak confidence.

“I’m having fun with it extra,” provides the redshirt junior of this coaching block. “I’m smiling extra, ensuring that I’m going to belief the method, belief my teaching, simply to get sooner and stronger, for positive.”

Doubling Down on Deadlifts—and Yoga

The 21-year-old, who lit up whereas discussing his new discovered love for yoga, commits to personal classes to get extra one-on-one consideration and he doesn’t plan on stopping when the season begins in August.

“No, every little thing I do throughout the offseason is what I carry over into the season to ensure I keep constant on every little thing,” says Moore, who says the brand new exercise has helped his tight hamstrings. “Sure, I really like yoga. I bought to ensure I’m centered and locked in. Particularly simply having the ability to be extra versatile and be capable of transfer [and] maneuver higher.”

Moore wants that further flexibility after spending extra time within the weightroom from the place he was a yr in the past. His deadlifts, round 415, he says, have been constant with out putting nice pressure on his physique.

“It’s an enormous enhance,” the Detroit native provides. Quite a lot of extra weight on deadlift, simply being extra explosive. Utilizing dumbbells for my higher physique extra, simply the best way I’ve simply been doing that, particularly with my coach [Wilson] Love. He’s been devoted to the method, and I actually admire having him.”

Finding out the Finest in Order to Be the Finest

One other addition to his low season homework has been finding out movie on one in every of his favourite NFL execs with a purpose to get higher.

“Matthew Stafford,” says Moore. “His dedication to the sport, his anticipation, the best way you anticipate throws in sure home windows, and he’s been a quarterback within the league for a very long time. However total, he’s simply gifted and I really like to observe how constant he’s.”

And whereas final yr’s loss to the eventual nationwide champions nonetheless haunts Moore, he’s taken this time to mentally get his head proper in hopes of main his group to an enormous run.

“I’m simply mentally getting higher on the recreation,” Moore says. “It’s about simply being smarter and wiser. However total, I’ve gotten higher mentally by simply watching movie, watching my tendencies to see what I do nice at, [and] what I do unhealthy at.”

And like each participant, Moore admits he has weaknesses he’s making an attempt to get below management, too.

“Meals!” Moore says with fun. “I really like meals. I do know I’ll eat something. It’s is my weak spot. If I see meals, I’m going to eat it. Generally it might’t be good for me—and I do know it isn’t, however I nonetheless need to do it.”

Moore, together with College of Miami’s Malachi Toney and Ole Miss working again Kewan Lacy spent the night alongside Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams to have fun being this season’s recreation cowl stars. Whereas Moore says he’s not excited about the generally Madden “curse” that comes with taking the Madden highlight, he can’t consider it’s occurring to him and making an attempt to only dwell within the second with out placing an excessive amount of thought on the result of this yr.

“As a child it was at all times a dream,” says Moore. “I imply, now for it to be a dream come true, I’m simply blessed to be right here. However total, I’m glad to place myself on the map and put the College of Oregon on the map.”