Elijah Moore

Elijah Moore (born March 27, 2000) is an American football wide receiver for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Elijah Moore
Ole Miss Rebels – No. 8
PositionWide receiver
ClassJunior
MajorSport & Recreation Administration
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolSt. Thomas Aquinas
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Personal information
Born: (2000-03-27) March 27, 2000
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early life and high school

Moore grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School. As a senior, Moore caught 28 passes for 407 yards and five touchdowns and was named an Under Armour All-American.[1] He was rated a four-star recruit and originally committed to play college football at Georgia over 33 other scholarship offers.[2] Moore changed his commitment to Ole Miss in December of his senior year.[3]

College career

As a true freshman, Moore caught 36 passes for 398 yards and two touchdowns.[4][5] As a sophomore, he led the Rebels with 67 receptions, 850 receiving yards and six touchdown catches.[6] In the 2019 Egg Bowl against Mississippi State, Moore drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for pretending to be a dog urinating in the end zone following the touchdown. As a result, the extra point attempt went from being a 20-yard attempt to a 35-yard attempt, which was missed as Ole Miss lost 21–20.[7][8]

Moore entered his junior season on the watchlist for the Biletnikoff Award.[9][10] In the season opener against Florida, Moore caught ten passes for 227 yards, the second most in a game in school history.[11] He set a new school record for receiving yards in a game with 238 while also tying the Ole Miss game records for receptions with 14 and touchdown catches with three on October 31, 2020, in a 54–21 over Vanderbilt.[12] Moore finished the season with a school-record 86 receptions for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games played before opting out before the Rebels' final regular season game in order to begin preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft.[13] Moore was named first team All-SEC and was a consensus first team All-America selection as well a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award.[14]

References
  1. Johnson, David (December 20, 2017). "4-Star Moore Flips To Rebels From Georgia". 247Sports.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  2. "Speedy Florida WR Elijah Moore commits to Georgia". USA Today. August 15, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  3. "Elijah Moore provides Early Signing Period flip at St. Thomas Aquinas". Sun-Sentinel. December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  4. Ripee, Brian (September 10, 2019). "Moore making sure Ole Miss passing game continues to thrive". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  5. Spencer, Adam. "Ole Miss WR Elijah Moore ready to step up after Rebels lost A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf and DaMarkus Lodge to NFL". SaturdaysDownSouth.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  6. Buckley, Clint (June 8, 2020). "Ole Miss' Elijah Moore among top returning slot WR's". 247Sports.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  7. Thamel, Pete (November 29, 2019). "All jokes aside, Elijah Moore's 'pee' celebration was an all-time sports blunder". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. VanHaaren, Tom (November 29, 2019). "Ole Miss, WR Elijah Moore apologize for urinating dog celebration". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  9. Gabler, Nate (July 16, 2020). "Ole Miss' Elijah Moore Lands on Biletnikoff Award Watch List". SI.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  10. "Elijah Moore: 5 things to know about Ole Miss Rebels wide receiver". The Clarion-Ledger. September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  11. "NOTEBOOK: Career day for WR Moore". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  12. "'Smooth just like butter': Ole Miss WR Elijah Moore sets records against Vanderbilt". The Clarion-Ledger. November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  13. Cobb, David (December 17, 2020). "Ole Miss star receiver Elijah Moore to forgo senior season after breakout year for the Rebels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. Johnson, David (December 31, 2020). "More All-America honors for Elijah Moore". 247Sports.
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