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Derrick Moore

American football player and coach (born 1967)

American football player

Derrick Moore

Moore in 2019

South Carolina Gamecocks

Position:

Executive director of player and character development

Personal information

Born:

(1967-10-13) October 13, 1967 (age 56)
Albany, Georgia, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

238 lb (108 kg)

Career information

College:

NFL draft:

1992 / Round: 8 / Pick: 216

Career history

As a player:

As a coach:

Morehouse College (1998–2000)
Running backs coach, Special Teams coordinator
Georgia Tech (2001–2020)
Team chaplain, character development
South Carolina (2021–present)
Executive director of player and character development

Career NFL statistics

Derrick Moore (born October 13, 1967) is a former professional American football running back for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.^[1] Moore has served as the team chaplain for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. Moore set the NAIA single season rushing record in 1991.

Moore was featured in the TV Land reality series The Big 4-0 in 2008. Moore has served as the team chaplain for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, often delivering pre-game motivational speeches to the players.^[2] Moore also filmed motivational speeches for the Atlanta Falcons during their 2017 playoff run.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pre-draft measurables
Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	Bench press
5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	31+1⁄2 in (0.80 m)	8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m)	4.62 s	1.64 s	2.68 s	20 reps
All values from NFL Combine^[6]

References

^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
^ Radakovich, Dan (April 3, 2008). "The Good Word". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
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^ "Derrick Moore, Combine Results, RB - Northeastern Oklahoma A&M". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

Pre-game speech delivered to Georgia Tech football team before 2006 North Carolina game.
Pre-game speech delivered to Georgia Tech football team before 2007 Notre Dame game.
Pre-game speech delivered to Georgia Tech football team before 2014 Miami game.

Atlanta Falcons 1992 NFL draft selections

v t e Carolina Panthers 1995 inaugural season roster
4 John Kasay 6 Tommy Barnhardt 10 Jack Trudeau 12 Kerry Collins 14 Frank Reich 20 Derrick Moore 22 Tim McKyer 23 Randy Baldwin 23 Anthony Johnson 24 Alan Haller 25 Bubba McDowell 29 Steve Lofton 30 Howard Griffith 31 Blair Thomas 31 Rod Smith 32 Dino Philyaw 32 Nate Turner 33 Butler B'ynote' 34 Vince Workman 37 Chad Cota 38 Tyrone Poole 39 Brett Maxie 40 Pat Terrell 44 Bob Christian 45 Michael Reed 51 Sam Mills 52 Matt Elliott 53 Paul Butcher 54 Carlton Bailey 55 Brett Faryniarz 56 Darion Conner 57 Lamar Lathon 58 Andre Royal 59 Travis Hill 60 Andrew Peterson 63 Mark Rodenhauser 64 Curtis Whitley 65 Frank Garcia 66 Matt Campbell 71 Greg Kragen 74 Mark Dennis 74 Derrick Graham 78 Blake Brockermeyer 78 Emerson Martin 79 Sean Love 80 Dwight Stone 81 Reggie Jones 82 Don Beebe 83 Mark Carrier 84 Eric Guliford 85 Lawyer Tillman 86 Willie Green 88 Pete Metzelaars 88 Walter Rasby 90 Jeff Zgonina 92 Shawn Price 93 Mike Fox 95 Mark Thomas 96 Shawn King 97 Jeff Fields 98 Gerald Williams 99 Jeremy Nunley Head coach: Dom Capers Assistant coaches: Don Breaux Blair Bush George Catavolos Billy Davis Vic Fangio Cary Godette Chick Harris Jim McNally Chip Morton Joe Pendry Greg Roman Brad Seely John Shoop Kevin Steele Richard Williamson

Carolina Panthers 1995 inaugural season roster