Derrick Moore

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1967)}}

{{distinguish|Derrick Moore (defensive end)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Derrick Moore

| image = Derrick Moore April 2019.jpg

| caption = Moore in 2019

| position = Executive director of player and character development

| current_team = South Carolina Gamecocks

| number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Albany, Georgia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 238

| high_school = Monroe (Albany, Georgia)

| college = Northeastern State

| draftyear = 1992

| draftround = 8

| draftpick = 216

| pastteams =

• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1992}})
• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1993|1994}})
• San Francisco 49ers (1995)*{{cite book |title=Cardinals, 1997 Media Guide |page=129 |url=https://ia801603.us.archive.org/35/items/cardinals-1997-media-guide-arizona-c/Cardinals%2C%201997%20Media%20Guide%20%28Arizona%29%20%28C%29.pdf |access-date=5 July 2024}}
• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|1995}})
• Detroit Lions (1996)*
• Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1996|1997}})

| pastcoaching =

• 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

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 1,197

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 3.9

| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 11

| statlabel4 = Receptions

| statvalue4 = 26

| statlabel5 = Receiving yards

| statvalue5 = 191

| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns

| statvalue6 = 1

| pfr = MoorDe00

}}

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.{{Cite web |title=1992 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1992/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Radakovich|first=Dan|date=April 3, 2008|title=The Good Word|url=http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/genrel/040308aaa.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212433/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/genrel/040308aaa.html|archive-date=July 8, 2011|access-date=October 13, 2008}} Moore also filmed motivational speeches for the Atlanta Falcons during their 2017 playoff run.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUL7zQRC98M|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWfrkeWtzIU|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueaXyJGGUZc|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 11 1/2

| weight = 216

| dash = 4.62

| ten split = 1.64

| twenty split = 2.68

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| bench = 20

| arm span = 31 1/2

| hand span = 8 5/8

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| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=24695 |title=Derrick Moore, Combine Results, RB - Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=June 6, 2022}}

}}