Player Dossier

2022-2025

Michigan

Derrick Moore

EDGE • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Derrick Moore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

68%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

60

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

91

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Derrick Moore built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 8, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Derrick Moore's career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 44
NFL Team
Detroit Lions

Derrick Moore, EDGE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan. Derrick Moore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
93
TFL
24
Sacks
20.5
QB hurries
13
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Derrick Moore quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · EDGE
Career Tackles
93
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Michigan
Top game
Michigan State
High school pipeline
St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 2 · Pick 12 · Detroit Lions
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
29 tackles · EDGE 12th (top 25%) · Big Ten 173rd (top 23%) · National 1,439th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan67222-026.3
2023 PostseasonMichigan14211--047.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan14325442047.5
2024 PostseasonMichigan10422--053
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan10194242053
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan1229109.533066.3

Related Context

Derrick Moore played EDGE for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derrick Moore recorded 93 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Michigan paired 25.5 primary output with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

31.3

Usage

9.9

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 1. Oklahoma: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Nebraska: 3. Wisconsin: 3.5. USC: 1. Washington: 4. Michigan State: 4. Purdue: 4. Northwestern: 1. Maryland: 2. Ohio State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 0 by 10. Nebraska: 3 by 42.5. Wisconsin: 5 by 55.8. USC: 1 by 14.2. Washington: 3 by 52.5. Michigan State: 6 by 65. Purdue: 3 by 52.5. Northwestern: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 1 by 24.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.6 · Games = 9 · +1.9 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -1.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

65 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/29vs Ohio StateL 9-2710000
Sat 11/22@ MarylandSplash gameW 45-2011110
Sat 11/15@ NorthwesternW 24-2222001
Sat 11/1vs Purdue2+ sacks · Splash gameW 21-1632220
Sat 10/25@ Michigan State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-2064220
Sat 10/18vs Washington2+ sacks · Splash gameW 24-733220
Sat 10/11@ USCL 13-3110001
Sat 10/4vs WisconsinSplash gameW 24-10531.5010
Sat 9/20@ NebraskaSplash gameW 30-27311.501.500
Sat 9/13vs Central MichiganW 63-300000
Sat 9/6@ OklahomaL 13-2432001
Sat 8/30vs New MexicoW 34-1711000

Player Story

Derrick Moore story

Derrick Moore built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as an edge defender from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 8, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Derrick Moore's career was his defensive production: 93 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 20.5 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Derrick Moore's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan614.94
2023 PostseasonMichigan1722.36.511
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan1722.36.50
2024 PostseasonMichigan1625.68.1-1
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan1625.68.10
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan25.531.39.99.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 82 Michigan State

Week 9 · W 31-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Alabama

Week 1 · W 19-13 · Postseason

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Nebraska

Week 5 · W 45-7 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 90 Purdue

Week 10 · W 21-16 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 13 Washington

Week 8 · W 24-7 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Michigan

25.5 primary output · 31.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage

66.3

#2

2024 Postseason · Michigan

53

16 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Michigan

53

16 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

19

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games