2011 Football Roster

20 Devon Moore

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mebane, N.C.
  • High School Cedar Ridge

Biography

With only one full season as a starter under his belt, has established himself as one of the nation’s top running backs and one of the greatest performers in the long line of prolific runners at ASU ... is one of 20 players on The Sports Network’s official preseason watch list for the Walter Payton Award, which is given to the nation’s top FCS player ... thanks to posting the sixth-highest single-season total in school history a year ago, comes into his senior campaign ranked ninth on ASU’s all-time rushing list with 2,271 career yards ... versatile back boasts toughness and vision between the tackles, quickness to beat defenders off the edge, speed to break away from the pack in the secondary and hands to be an above-average receiver out of the backfield ... is also a tremendous blocker in pass-protection ... may have an even bigger role in the offense as a senior with the graduation of All-America quarterback Armanti Edwards.

2009: Rebounded from season-ending ankle injury in 2008 to rush for 1,374 yards and 19 touchdowns, both team highs ... the 1,374 rushing yards led the Southern Conference and ranked fifth nationally in terms of total rushing yardage (98.1 yards per game were good for second in the SoCon and 13th nationally) ... rushing total is the sixth-highest in ASU single-season history and 19 rushing touchdowns are tied for fourth in school’s single-season annals ... rushed for 100 yards or more in 6-of-14 games ... added 282 receiving yards on 36 receptions to amass 100-plus all-purpose yards eight times ... totaled 78 yards (41 receiving, 37 rushing) and scored on a one-yard run against a stingy East Carolina defense in the season opener ... exploded for four 100-yard rushing efforts and five-straight performances with at least 100 all-purpose yards over the next five games ... torched nationally ranked McNeese State for 155 rushing yards and 42 yards on four receptions in the home opener ... ran for 106 yards yards on just 17 carries (6.2 avg.) in rain-soaked victory over Samford ... managed just 66 yards on career-high 26 rushes but caught three passes for 53 yards in overtime triumph at The Citadel ... ran for a career-long 73-yard touchdown on his first carry of the game and went on to torch North Carolina Central for 124 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 rushes (11.3 avg.) in homecoming rout ... churned out 180 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 25 carries and added a career-high six receptions for 38 yards to help lead come-from-behind win at Wofford ... was held to just 142 rushing yards over the next three games but scored a total of seven touchdowns in wins over Georgia Southern, Furman and Chattanooga ... rebounded from four-straight sub-100-yard performances to rush for a career-high 191 yards and two scores in hard-fought win over archrival Western Carolina ... was limited to 61 yards on 20 carries in postseason opener versus South Carolina State ... bounced back to turn in one of the finest rushing performances in ASU postseason history with 175 yards and two touchdowns in thrilling 35-31 win at Richmond in the national semifinals ... the 175 rushing yards versus UR are the seventh-most in ASU’s postseason annals ... 73 of the 175 yards came in the final 9:23 of the game, as ASU erased a 10-point deficit with a 21-point fourth quarter ... gained 67 of ASU’s 73 yards on a nine-play touchdown drive that gave the Mountaineers their first lead of the game with less than five minutes remaining ... picked up a pivotal first down on a third-and-two play with less than a minute to go that set up the winning touchdown three plays later ... capped impressive season with 119 total yards (84 rushing, 35 receiving) and both ASU touchdowns in the national semifinals at Montana.

2008: Held off challenges from Robert Welton and newcomer Devin Radford to emerge from fall camp as the starter at running back ... maintained that spot through the season’s first three games (was officially in the starting lineup for just two contests because ASU began the game with a five-receiver set in the season opener at LSU) ... sustained the season-ending ankle injury on a one-yard loss late in the first quarter of game No. 3 at James Madison ... finished the season with just 123 yards on 22 carries and two touchdowns ... also caught one pass for 19 yards in the season opener at LSU.

2007:
Saw action in all 15 games ... made three starts, two in two-back formations and one in place of an injured Richardson ... carried 95 times for 459 yards, the fourth-highest total on the team ... seven rushing touchdowns were good for third on the squad ... also caught 14 passes (seventh on team) for 171 yards (sixth) ... rushed 11 times for 38 yards and first touchdown of the season in home opener versus Lenoir-Rhyne ... carried 14 times for 68 yards, his second-highest total of the season, in win over Northern Arizona ... playing near his hometown, notched 97 total yards (62 rushing, 25 receiving, 10 kick return) and scored on a two-yard run in key win at Elon ... scored in back-to-back games against Georgia Southern and Furman ... registered 40 rushing yards, including a three-yard touchdown scamper, and 39 receiving yards in blowout win over archrival Western Carolina ... turned in perhaps ASU’s biggest offensive play of the season when he made a diving catch for a 20-yard gain on fouth-and-three in the waning moments of ASU’s first-round playoff matchup versus James Madison ... one play later, Armanti Edwards’ scored from five yards out to give the Mountaineers a 28-27 victory ... with Richardson hobbled by an ankle injury the following week, Moore turned in his first 100-yard rushing performance with 100 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown in a national quarterfinal win over Eastern Washington ... also caught three passes for 36 yards in the triumph over EWU ... scored on a career-long 46-yard gallop in the first quarter of ASU’s national title game victory over Delaware ... rounded out 707 all-purpose yardage total with six kickoff returns for 77 yards on the campaign.

2006: Served as the primary backup to Walter Payton Award finalist Kevin Richardson ... appeared in 14 games and made two starts in two-back sets versus Wofford and Georgia Southern ... posted best performance of the regular season with 50 yards on nine carries, including his first-career touchdown, in romp at Chattanooga ... his finest effort of the season came in the national semifinal victory over No. 5 Youngstown State,  where he took some of the load off of an ailing Richardson by posting season highs with 14 carries for 86 yards and a score to help lead ASU to its second-straight national title game ... finished the season with 61 carries for 315 yards and two touchdowns.

High School:
Ran for nearly 6,000 yards and 42 touchdowns during prep career ... had well over 1,000 rushing yards before suffering season-ending injury in eighth game of senior season ... had nearly 1,700 all-purpose yards as a freshman in 2002, Cedar Ridge’s first year ... ranked as one of North Carolina’s top prep running backs by Scout.com.
 
Personal: Full name is Devon Myles Moore ... born April 8, 1988 (22 years old) ... son of Darlene and Myles Moore ... majoring in management.

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Historical Player Information

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    2008Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 200 lbs
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    2009Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 200 lbs
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    2010Senior

    Running Back
    5'9" 205 lbs
    20
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    2011Senior

    Running Back
    5'9" 205 lbs
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