Matt Moore

A late bloomer who had to make several stops during his collegiate career, Moore established himself as one of the more accurate and mobile quarterbacks in the country in 2006. Like most Pac-10 quarterbacks, Moore is known for his ability to throw on the move. In two stops at Pac-10 universities, he gained 6,700 passing yards. At William S. Hart High School, Moore lettered twice as a quarterback and defensive back. He was rated the eighth-best quarterback in the nation and the FarWest Offensive Player of the Year by Super Prep. PacWest Football.com rated him the sixth-best on its quarterback list. He added Cal-Hi Sports first-team All-State, first-team All-CIF Southern Section and the Southern Section Division III Offensive Player of the Year as a senior. Moore was also selected to the Los Angeles Times All-San Fernando Valley team and chosen the Region Player of the Year. He was chosen to play in the 2002 North-South Shrine All-Star game. He led Hart High to a 13-0 record as a senior and the Southern Section title. In the state title game against Valencia, he passed for 277 yards and four touchdowns, and rushed for 95 yards and a score in a 42-13 win. As a senior, he threw for 3,334 yards on 234 of 953 passing (66.3 percent) and 33 touchdowns. He was named All-CIF as a junior at safety and also lettered two years in baseball. Moore enrolled at UCLA in 2002, appearing in five games as a true freshman. He became the first Bruin true freshman quarterback to start since Cade McNown. When the Bruins defeated Stanford in Moore's debut, it marked the first time a true freshman quarterback in his first game led UCLA to a win. He finished the year with 412 yards and two touchdowns on 33 of 62 passing (53.2 percent). In 2003, Moore shared playing time with Drew Olson. He started four of eight games, hitting on 52 of 103 throws (50.5 percent) for 555 yards, two touchdowns and six interceptions. He struggled most of the year to recover from a hyper-extended left knee suffered in the season opener against Colorado that sidelined him for three contests. After the season, Moore decided to transfer. He enrolled at the College of the Canyons in 2004, but did not play football. Moore was again on the move in 2005, joining Oregon State. He started the first 10 games before a knee injury against Stanford would sideline him for the finale against Oregon. He threw for 2,711 yards on 211 of 355 attempts (59.4 percent) with 11 touchdowns, but was also intercepted 19 times. As a senior, Moore earned All-Pac 10 second-team honors. He completed 229 of 378 throws (60.6 percent) for 3,022 yards, 18 touchdowns and only seven interceptions, leading the team to a postseason berth and an upset victory over Southern California that knocked the Trojans out of the national title picture. In 24 games at Oregon State, Moore connected on 440 of 733 passes (60.0 percent) for 5,733 yards, 29 touchdowns and 26 interceptions. He carried the ball 134 times for minus-111 yards and eight more scores. On 871 plays, he amassed 5,622 yards in total offense, an average of 234.25 yards per game.

positives

Has a tall, lanky frame with room to carry at least another 20 pounds of bulk...Has long limbs, a bit high-cut, but shows tapered muscle definition in his lower frame and adequate muscles in his arms...Shows good mobility stepping in and out of the pocket and demonstrates decent arm strength throwing on the move...Despite not playing baseball since high school, he was selected in the 22nd-round of the 2004 major league baseball draft...Has good quickness running out of the pocket, showing the agility, change of direction and slide to pick up valid yardage with his feet...Shows good stop-and-go action on the moving, setting his feet well before firing the ball...Looks fluid in his pass setup and has a loose arm with a tight over-the-top delivery...Throws a catchable ball when he steps into his throws...Has the field vision to read defenses, and while he will force the ball and make questionable decisions he is efficient at hitting his receivers in stride...Puts his body behind his tosses, demonstrating proper weight transfer... Has enough arm strength to even put zip on the ball when throwing off his back foot...He will rush a few throws, but it is not out of panic, as he generally remains cool under pressure...Had a much better command of the huddle at Oregon State than he did at UCLA...Has the strength behind his throws to generate good zip on out passes and keeps the receivers within their routes with minimal adjustment...Slides to avoid and buy time in the pocket and has the agility to escape the bull rush...Showed better anticipation on curls and crossing routes as a senior, and was also more effective on three- and five-step timing routes...Does a good job at the pre-snap making check downs...Scans the field quickly and was much better at locating secondary targets as a senior (used to lock on to his primary target too long in 2005, resulting in 19 interceptions compared to seven in 2006).

compares to

JOSH McCOWN-Detroit...Like McCown, Moore is a tall, lanky passer with decent mobility and arm strength. He settled down as a a senior, doing a better job of making progression reads, but will still try to force the ball when pressured. His frame is too frail to withstand NFL punishment, and he needs to work on his drive back from center, but late in the draft someone could find a project that could eventually pan out. He's just not ready for prime time -- yet.

negatives

Makes questionable decisions, but shows most of his inconsistencies when throwing from the outside hashes...Not the type who runs at the first sight of pressure, but will try to force the action when the pocket collapses rather than throw the ball away...Generally throws over the top, but will revert to slinging it sidearm, and this led to 12 of his 19 interceptions in 2005...Must do a better job of seeing defenders before firing the ball into tight places...Needs to take a little bit off his short tosses, as they come out hard, making it difficult for his receivers to field them without breaking off their routes...Most of his troubles happen when throwing off his back foot...Mobile quarterback, but makes questionable decisions, running right into spots...Is quicker in his pass set now, but still needs to speed up his drive back from center...Rhythm-type passer who gets into stretches where he sprays the ball all over the place...Durability could be an issue, as he has had several knee injuries and concussions in the past.

2001: Underwent an appendectomy in January...Suffered a concussion on two occasions during the season, missing one high school football game in mid-September. 2003: Suffered a left knee hyper-extension vs. Colorado in the season opener (9/06), missing the next three games vs. Illinois, Oklahoma and San Diego State. 2005: Suffered a right knee torn posterior cruciate ligament vs. Stanford (11/12), missing the season finale vs. Oregon.

Campus: 4.92 in the 40-yard dash

26-inch vertical jump

8'5" broad jump

4.46 20-yard shuttle

7.25 three-cone drill

31 1/4-inch arm length

8 1/2-inch hands

Right-handed

16/32 Wonderlic score.

Attended William S. Hart (Newhall, Cal.) High School, playing football for head coach Mike Herrington

Lettered twice as a quarterback and defensive back

Rated the eight-best quarterback in the nation and the FarWest Offensive Player of the Year by Super Prep

PacWest Football.com rated him the sixth-best on its quarterback list

Added Cal-Hi Sports first-team All-State, first-team All-CIF Southern Section and the Southern Section Division III Offensive Player of the Year as a senior

Selected Los Angeles Times All-San Fernando Valley and named the Region Player of the Year

Chosen to play in the 2002 North-South Shrine All-Star game

Led Hart High to a 13-0 record as a senior and the Southern Section title

In the state title game against Valencia, he passed for 277 yards and four touchdowns, and rushed for 95 yards and a score in a 42-13 win

As a senior, he threw for 3,334 yards on 234 of 953 passing (66.3 percent) and 33 touchdowns

Named All-CIF as a junior at safety and also lettered two years in baseball.

Speech Communications major

Son of Mindy and Don Moore

Father played in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league baseball organization

He and fellow Oregon State quarterback Sean Canfield are fierce competitors in ping pong

Born 8/09/84

Resides in Newhall, California PASSING STATISTICS  STATS ATT COMP PCT YARDS TD YD/ATT YD/CMP INT I/PCT LG GM/AVG  2002  62  33 53.2  412  2  6.65  12.48  0  0.00 49  82.40  2003 103  52 50.5  555  2  5.39  10.67  6  5.83 52  59.38  2005 355  211 59.4  2711 11  7.64  12.85 19  5.35 63  271.10  2006 378  229 60.6  3022 18  7.99  13.20  7  1.85 80  215.86  TOTAL 165  85 51.5  967  4  5.86  11.38  6  3.64 52  74.38  Above statistics are for UCLA career  TOTAL 733  440 60.0  5733 29  7.82  13.03 26  3.55 80  238.88  Above statistics are for Oregon State career  TOTAL 898  525 58.5  6700 33  7.46  12.76 32  3.56 80  181.08  Above statistics are for complete college career   RUSHING STATISTICS  STATS GP GS NO YARDS AVG TD LONG  2002 05 01  8  -34 -4.2  0  2  2003 08 04  20  -81 -4.1  0  11  2005 10 10  61  -100 -1.6  3  16  2006 14 14  77  -11 -0.1  5  19  TOTAL 13 05  28  -115 -4.1  0  11  Above statistics are for UCLA career  TOTAL 24 24 134  -111 -0.8  8  19  Above statistics are for Oregon State career  TOTAL 37 29 162  -226 -1.4  8  19  Above statistics are for complete college career   MATT MOORE STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE CHART