After rumors swirled through the night on Friday and into Saturday morning, Oregon Duck fans got the unfortunate news that true freshman wide receiver Dakorien Moore would miss the Week 12 game against the Iowa Hawkeyes with an apparent knee injury suffered in practice this week.
However, some good news has since emerged. While Moore will not play on Saturday against Iowa, multiple reports indicate that there is a belief that the Ducks’ leading receiver will not miss the remainder of the season, as was initially feared.
“The injury sustained by Oregon star wide receiver Dakorien Moore is not currently believed to be a season-ending injury,” CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz wrote on Saturday morning.
Moore, a former 5-star recruit who was rated as the No. 1 WR in the 2025 class, has been one of the most important players on Oregon’s offense this year, leading the team in receptions (28), yards (433), and was third in receiving touchdowns (3). Without him, the Ducks will have to rely on players like Gary Bryant Jr., Malik Benson, and Jeremiah McClellan to step up in the receiving game. Fortunately, there is an expectation that veteran WR Evan Stewart will make his return to the field in the coming weeks after suffering a torn patellar tendon in the offseason.
We will likely get an update from head coach Dan Lanning after the game on the status of Moore, but based on Lanning’s history of divulging injury information, there’s reason to believe that we won’t learn too much from what he has to say.
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