Joe Moore Season 2023

CAREER: Lettered two years at Arizona State University (2021-22) and two seasons at Mizzou (2023-24) … in 40 career games (12 starts), registered 45 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 5.0 sacks, one PBU, three fumble recoveries and 12 QB pressures … posted 10 games with 2+ tackles, including a career-high six against Arkansas in 2023 … posted 1.0+ TFL on six different occasions, including a career-best 1.5 against Colorado (2021 & 2022) … earned 1.0+ sack four times, including a career-high 1.5 versus Colorado in 2021 … lone PBU occurred against Buffalo in 2024 … carded one fumble recovery in contests with UCLA (2022), Ohio State (2023) and Murray State (2024) … registered one QB pressure in nine games, including a career-best three against Buffalo in 2024 … played 260 career snaps at Mizzou.

2024: Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient … saw action in the first five games, before suffering a season-ending knee injury … compiled two tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sack, one PBU, five QB pressures and one fumble recovery … recorded one tackle against Murray State and Buffalo … secured 0.5 TFL and 0.5 sack versus Buffalo … recorded one PBU against the Bulls … lone fumble recovery occurred against Murray State in the season opener … tallied one QB pressure in three contests, including a season-high three versus Buffalo … on the field for 78 snaps.

2023: Saw action in 12 games, missing the Tennessee contest … registered 13 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.0 sack and one fumble recovery … earned 2+ tackles in two contests, including a season-high six tackles against Arkansas … recorded a season-best 1.0 TFL and 1.0 sack versus South Carolina … secured lone fumble recovery in the final moments of the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State to seal the victory … on the field for 182 snaps.

PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Three-year member of the football program at Arizona State (2020-21-22) ... in 23 ca­reer games (12 starts), registered 30 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks, one fumble recovery and seven QB pressures … posted eight games with 3+ tackles, including a career-best four against Northern Arizona (2022), Oklahoma State (2022), and Colorado (2022) … recorded 1.0+ TFL on five different occasions, including a career-best 1.5 against Colorado (2021 and 2022) … posted 1.0+ sack in three contests with Colorado (2021 & 2022) and UCLA (2022) … lone fumble recovery came against UCLA in 2022 … posted one QB pressure on six occasions, including a career-high two versus Washington in 2022 … lettered four years at Cardinal Ritter College Prep under coach Brandon Gregory … four-star prospect by Rivals.com and ESPN.com, respectively, and three-star prospect by 247Sports.com … rated as the No. 14 defensive end in the country according to Rivals.com … charted as the No. 6, No. 8 and No. 8 overall prospect in the state of Missouri as ranked by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com and Rivals.com, respectively … helped the Lions to 31 victories, with four consecutive state playoff appearances and a MSHSAA Class 3 semifinal showing as a junior following a 16-1 season … was teammates with WR Luther Burden II and S Marvin Burks Jr. in high school … shined at The Opening Regional in St. Louis, taking home top defensive performer honors on the final day.

PERSONAL: Born August 18, 2001 ... son of Umi Okoli … father, Joe, lettered three seasons (1968-69-70) as a running back and was a team captain (1970) for Mizzou, setting the program’s single-season rushing mark with 1,312 yards in 1969 and garnering eleven 100+ yard performances, before being selected in the first round (11th pick) of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears; was inducted into the Mizzou Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.