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By Tyler Erzberger
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For a player who loves the spotlight and pizzazz, it has been a strangely quiet transfer portal for five-star QB Dylan Raiola.
When he committed to Nebraska, he was seen as a savior of a dormant giant. He was going to be like his idol, Patrick Mahomes, and take Nebraska to a new level behind his Madden-like numbers and highlight reel plays.
Instead, Nebraska was slightly better than mediocre, and Raiola has departed Lincoln, looking for a new home to help him develop and possibly rehabilitate his stock before aiming for the 2027 NFL Draft.
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Brendan Sorsby, DJ Lagway, Demond Williams, and especially Sam Leavitt have carried the headlines through the first week of the 15-day transfer portal, but almost nothing has come out about Raiola's plans or visits.
Well, that might have been by design.
On Saturday, On3 reported that Raiola is expected to have a visit with a top-end school in the coming days to see if the two can reach an agreement for the upcoming season.
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No, not Lane Kiffin's LSU or the Miami Hurricanes, who seem to be in a two-program fight for Leavitt. It will be another school that has shown it knows how to develop future NFL draft picks: Dan Lanning's Oregon Ducks, who got blown out on Friday in the Peach Bowl vs. Indiana.
Star quarterback Dante Moore has not yet decided if he will stay an extra year in Eugene or declare for the 2026 NFL Draft, where he's a consensus top-three pick. That doesn't mean Lanning can be lax; however, if Moore does leave, they will need to act quickly to find a replacement.
Raiola could be the next in line of Oregon Ducks QBs like Moore, Dillon Gabriel, Bo Nix, and Justin Herbert to raise their stock in the green and yellow before going pro. In his two years in Lincoln, Raiola threw for 4,819 and 31 touchdowns.
The transfer portal officially closes on Jan. 16, 2026.
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