Will Dampier play one season or two?

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- 07/15/2025 at 11:11 AM #245056
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  OffensiveLineEnthusiast
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  Disclaimer: I’m not trying to count chickens before they hatch. And I don’t follow NFL draft stuff very closely.
  
  I haven’t seen serious NFL talk about Devon Dampier, but I know that a big year in P4 can change things. How good would this season have to be for him to declare for the draft instead of playing in the 2026 season? How likely do you think that is?
  
  Unless he completely flops, I’d love to have him for two years. Although if he leads us to a conference championship and that gets him into the draft conversation, I’d consider it worth it if he only played one season.
  
  If he does return for the 2026 season, how many of the backups will stay? I can’t imagine we hold on to very many guys; QB is that position that’s been impacted so much by the portal because in normal cases, only one guy gets real playing time per team.
  
  I figure that, if Dampier returns for 2026, QB2 will stay but QB3 will not, however that ends up shaking out between Wilson and Ficklin. I’d love to see them both thrive as Utes, but one of them will have to leave if they want to see meaningful playing time.
- 07/15/2025 at 11:29 AM #245057
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  TheNuschler
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  1 year = a great team (most likely in the CFP). I’d take that 10 out of 10 times.
  
  Assuming it’s not cause he had a career-ending injury for said 1 year.
- 07/15/2025 at 12:59 PM #245061
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  AlohaUte
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  If he’s awesome and has a solid draft grade he’ll do 1 year.
  
  If he’s good, but not draftable, 2 years
  
  If he stinks and gets benched he transfers.
- 07/15/2025 at 1:26 PM #245062
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  Yergensen
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  Good to great college QB without some of the key NFL qualities (size, arm talent) is the sweet spot. Our last 3 real QBs (Huntley, Rising, Dampier) all seem to fit in this category. With NIL these guys will play college ball longer.
- 07/15/2025 at 4:26 PM #245065
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  ProudUte
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  He could endu p being a very good college QB (I hope so). But,I don’t think he is NFL material. But, what do I know? I am lookin forward to seeing what he can do this season.
- 07/15/2025 at 9:47 PM #245071
  
  The Miami Ute
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  A very short and not extremely accurate QB in the NFL? I predict that Dampier stays in Utah two years and changes position prior to the NFL draft. Besides, if he stays in Utah for his senior season he’ll make more than as a low level draftee or UDFA.
- 07/15/2025 at 10:31 PM #245072
  
  pedro
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  Here’s the thing w DD. If they can get him to land those tough passes he lands putting the ball at risk as much as he does, he will play one and done. If his TO to TD ration remains high, he’ll finish out college here. I see a ton of potential, so I’m hoping the one year scenario plays out.
- 07/15/2025 at 10:34 PM #245073
  
  Chasqui
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  The backups are a really good point. I’m really hoping that we can keep Dampier healthy and then at a minimum either Wilson or Ficklin uses a redshirt. I’m not as worried about losing both of them. One maybe, but backup qbs reload pretty easily.
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