Dylan Raiola

#8 · QB · Jr. · Oregon6′3″ · 232 lb · Buford, GA

ZPR5352nd of 119 QBsLast gameW 34–26vs Northwestern · Oct 31
Nextat Ohio StateSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET
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Oregon is 4-2 in the six games played. A pocket passer.

Strongest: sacked on 2% of dropbacks, 15th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,097

96 of 145, 66%

TD–INT

9–2

7.6 per throw

NCAA rating

147.5

44th of 119

ZPR

53

52nd of 119

How ZPR works

Boom or bust: great in 2, shaky or worse in 2.

  • 2-1 against ranked teams, 223 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Northwestern. Lowest: UCLA, with 2 interceptions. Biggest game: at USC, No. 12. Best play: Completion for 4 yards, touchdown, against Nebraska, Q4 0:28. Win chance 48% to 98%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Boise State

W 34–27·Unranked

Did not play

I've seen enough. Put in Raiola. Let the chaos reign.

Oregon fan

at Oklahoma State

L 31–39·Unranked

Did not play

Please just put Raiola in

Oregon fan

Portland State

W 84–0·FCS

Came on at half

Came on at half for Dante Moore, up 49-0 · 124 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 1 for -9 · Sacked 0

This performance from Raiola is going to make the game threads a mess whenever Moore struggles

Oregon fan

Season

Gets better after halftime

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Pocket passer

Why this word
Runs0.8 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws7.5 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes63% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks2% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and rarely runs. 0.8 carries a game. Closest matches: Brown, Moss ’25, Robertson ’25, Locke.

Where the throws go

Behind the line27%typical 17%
Short39%typical 47%
Middle22%typical 22%
Deep12%typical 14%

Runs 0.8 times a game; 97% of starters run more.

Closest in style

BrownMoss ’25Robertson ’25LockeThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Brown Iowa · Short-game passer
    1,190 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT so far. Both throw short and rarely run.
  • Moss ’25 Louisville 2025 · Short-game passer
    2,679 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both throw short and rarely run.
  • Robertson ’25 Baylor 2025 · Balanced
    3,681 yards, 31 TD, 12 INT. Both protect the ball and throw behind the line a lot.
  • Locke Sam Houston · Balanced
    1,653 yards, 12 TD, 5 INT so far. Both throw short and rarely run.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordOregon is 5-3.
  • Last gameOct. 31 · a win over Northwestern, 336 passing yards.
  • Fans after Northwestern

    Raiola, touch pass to Corvallis

    Oregon fan

  • Next gameat Ohio State · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

19 stories this week, from 10 outlets.

Oct 30: 2Oct 31: 5Nov 1: 4Nov 2: 3Nov 3: 5W 34-26 vs NorthwesternWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Oct 30: 2Oct 31: 5Nov 1: 4Nov 2: 3Nov 3: 5W 34-26 vs NorthwesternWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Oregon expected to start Dylan Raiola vs. Northwestern: Reports

OregonLive +1 Oct 30

All 198 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Dylan Raiola spent two seasons at Nebraska before this one.

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 0:28 · Oregon down 5, takes the leadDylan Raiola finds Jamari Johnson for a 4-yard touchdownNebraska at Oregon, week 7Q4, 0:28 · Oregon 17, Nebraska 140:28Go-ahead touchdown for Oregon with 0:28 left0:28Go-ahead touchdown for Oregon with 0:28 leftGo-ahead touchdown for Oregon with 0:28 leftD.Raiola pass complete short middle to J.Johnson caught at NEB00, for 4 yards to the NEB00 touchdown H.Lewis pass attempt SuccessfulWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

All 10 of his plays on video

The story

As of

Read that again: the highest-ranked recruit Nebraska ever signed — son of a 14-year NFL center, the face of Matt Rhule's rebuild — walked away from 22 career starts, and has now played in five of Oregon's seven games. The exits weren't only his: his uncle was let go from Nebraska's staff and his brother decommitted, so the family's Lincoln chapter closed all at once.

Read the rest of the story

Dante Moore's surprise return turned the Oregon move into the same kind of apprenticeship Moore once served behind Dillon Gabriel — a year to learn the system. Before the broken leg ended his Nebraska season, Raiola was completing 72%. The arm was never the question. The question is patience: whether a five-star raised to be The Guy can share a quarterback room — and whether the gamble reads as brilliant or premature when 2027 finally comes. He made his first Oregon start against UCLA on Oct 10: 6 of 19 for 43 yards with two interceptions and a lost fumble, and Brock Thomas played the fourth quarter of the 17-15 loss. Against Nebraska, the school he left, he came on for the fourth quarter and threw the winning 4-yard touchdown to Jamari Johnson with 28 seconds left. He started at Illinois on Oct 24: 27 of 41 for 246 yards in a 21-10 loss.

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