Dan Moore Jr. | |
Current Team: | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Number: | 65 |
Position: | Offensive tackle |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1998 |
Birth Place: | Beaumont, Texas, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 315 |
High School: | West Brook (Texas) |
College: | Texas A&M (2017–2020) |
Draftyear: | 2021 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 128 |
Pastteams: |
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Status: | Active |
Highlights: | |
Statseason: | 2024 |
Statweek: | 7 |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 56 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 56 |
Pfr: | MoorDa05 |
Dan Moore Jr. (born September 28, 1998) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M and was drafted by the Steelers in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft.[1]
A 3-star offensive guard recruit, Moore committed to play college football at Texas A&M over offers from Colorado State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Ole Miss, among others.[2] In his 4-year college career from 2017-2020, Moore played in 44 games with 37 starts. Moore played in 8 games as a true freshman in 2017, starting one at right tackle. He switched to left tackle going into his sophomore season, starting 36 consecutive games at left tackle from 2018-2020. He was named Second-Team All-SEC during his senior year in 2020, starting all 10 games at left tackle.[3] [4]
Moore was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round, 128th overall, of the 2021 NFL draft.[5] On May 18, 2021, Moore signed his four-year rookie contract with Pittsburgh.[6] He was named the Steelers starting left tackle to begin the 2021 season.