Trey Moore LB/EDGE Texas |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #8 PLAY STYLE: MULI-ROLE LB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 03/23/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.54 seconds (90%*) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #8 | |
| PLAY STYLE: MULI-ROLE LB | |
| Last Updated: 03/23/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2026 | |
| Forty time: 4.54 seconds (90%*) | |
| Overall Rating: | 81.3 / 100 | |
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| Average rating of opposition Offense player has faced | ||
| Offense Rating: |
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73% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| Tackling: |
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66% |
| Pass Rush: |
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75% |
| Run Defense: |
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73% |
| Coverage: |
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65% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
6th
Overall Rank:
#181
Position rank:
#19 (LB)
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| College Games: 55 College Snaps: 2246 | ||
247 RATING: 93/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.8 (95%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Nick Hampton - Appalachian State |
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97% |
| Collin Oliver - Oklahoma State |
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87% |
| Baron Browning - Ohio State |
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85% |
Drafted: ROUND: 4 - Pick Number: 130 (MIA)
Draft Profile: Bio
Marcus Davenport's school record for single-season tackles for loss at UTSA stood until Trey Moore broke it as a redshirt freshman in 2022 with 18, adding eight sacks and Freshman All-American recognition across 14 starts. Moore had earned District 27-6A Defensive Player of the Year honors at Smithson Valley High School in Spring Branch, Texas, signed with UTSA as a four-star recruit, and redshirted in 2021 before that breakout debut.Moore's 2023 campaign at UTSA was even more productive. He racked up a school-record 14 sacks, 17.5 tackles for loss, and an interception across 12 starts, taking home AAC Defensive Player of the Year. He then transferred to Texas ahead of the 2024 season and started all 16 games for the Longhorns, finishing with 6.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss while contributing nine tackles and three sacks across three College Football Playoff games.
In 2025, Moore's role shifted. He played 12 games with fewer starts and increased coverage responsibility while still logging three sacks and 33 tackles. He declared for the NFL Draft following the regular season and impressed at the combine, finishing with the seventh-best athleticism score among edge defenders. Moore was also named Texas' Spring 2025 Team Academic MVP.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Sets up tackles with a plan on every rush; sequences hand moves into counters naturally.
- Spin move is his money card, times it off the tackle's punch and stays balanced through contact.
- Does not quit on the rush; circles back and collapses the pocket when the initial move stalls.
- Moves around the formation pre-snap and forces protections to account for him.
- Flattens his rush arc well and takes a tight angle to the quarterback at the top of the loop.
- Looked capable in short zone drops during 2024, reading the quarterback's eyes and sitting in windows.
- Racked up 33 career sacks and 140 pressures across five seasons of significant snaps.
- Combine confirmed the athletic tools; showed excellent speed and short-area burst for his size.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Gets swallowed up by bigger tackles at the point of attack; frame limits his anchor.
- Does not consistently threaten the edge with pure speed; tackles can sit and wait for him.
- Effort against the run is uneven; you see him washed out of his gap too often on tape.
- Looked lost in coverage during 2025 when Texas asked him to drop on nearly every third down.
- Lunges and overruns ball carriers in the open field; missed tackles spiked in 2024.
- Pass-rush wins came easier at UTSA; SEC tackles gave him more problems with length and power.
- Hands buzz but do not jolt; needs to generate more pop to control the point of attack.
Scouting Report: Summary
Moore fits best as a sub-package edge rusher in a 3-4 scheme, the kind of player you send after the quarterback on passing downs and maybe ask to carry a flat zone on occasion. He is not an every-down defender because bigger tackles can steer him, but his rush plan is advanced. On film, you see a guy who sets up his counter before the tackle commits, and his spin move is a genuine weapon. Texas also used him off the ball in 2025, lining him up in the box and the slot, which shows a coordinator trusted him enough to move him around.The worry is whether his best tape came against overmatched competition. At UTSA, Moore was beating tackles before they finished their sets. Against SEC lines, the wins came harder and the rush creativity had to work against better length. The 2025 coverage tape is also a concern. When Texas expanded his role in space, he looked uncertain reading routes and slow to break on the ball. In 2024, limited coverage snaps went fine. More responsibility exposed the limitations.
Moore entered the combine as a projected late-round pick, and his testing quieted real concerns about his athletic ceiling. He posted the seventh-best athleticism score among edge defenders, and his shuttle was faster than several linebackers. For an undersized rusher, proving he moves that well in tight spaces matters. It does not erase what the tape showed against better competition, but it gives teams reason to bet on the rush skills translating. A creative defensive coordinator can find ways to put him in advantageous spots where his feel and effort show up early.
Trey Moore percentiles vs other Linebackers (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)
How other scouting services rate Trey Moore (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
167.3
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
23.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.