Dan
Moore.
Dan
Moore.
Texas A&M· 6'5"· 311 lb· 5.21s 40
"A 6-5⅝, 311-pound Texas A&M three-year left tackle with 34½-inch arms, 34 career starts and heavy SEC film, dinged by average feet and short-area quickness — a Round 4 developmental tackle with functional starter upside."Pre-draft read
This left tackle dictates terms with 34½-inch arms and a wide base. His pass sets feature a vertical-jump-set and kick-slide combo, maintaining depth and patiently guiding wide rushers past the quarterback with a strong outside arm. A key strength is his anchor, as he sinks his hips, absorbing bull rushes to halt power that often beats less-anchored tackles.
In run blocking, he excels on down blocks and gap-scheme angles, using length to lock out and drive. He is a functional puller on toss and G/Y counter, and effectively finishes reach blocks. Limitations appear in his speed to the corner and short-area recovery, making him susceptible to bendy speed rushers and inside counter moves. Hand technique can involve lunging, and he can be late to react to delayed inside pressure.
A gap/duo power run blocking scheme that looks to establish the run, use play-action to attack the intermediate, and protect the quarterback with a vertical pass set.
Year 1 starter at left tackle in a run-heavy or short-pass scheme leveraging his length and anchor to protect the pocket, with a ceiling as a long-term, rock-solid left tackle in a play-action passing game.
An outside zone heavy scheme, especially one that asks the offensive line to reach linebackers at the second level and rely on fluid, short-area change of direction.
Moore's exceptional length and anchor make him a valuable asset in pass protection against power rushers, but his limited foot speed restricts his fit to schemes that can mitigate lateral movement and fast stunt recognition.
Dan Moore Jr. Highlights — Welcome to Pittsburgh
Texas A&M career cutup released around his Steelers selection; best combined showcase of pass-set anchor and gap-scheme finishing on SEC edges.
Texas A&M Offensive Line vs Tennessee (2020)
Full-line breakdown of the 2020 Tennessee game; useful for isolating Moore's vertical set and hand replacement against pro-caliber SEC edge talent.
Dan Moore makes big adjustment to left tackle at Texas A&M
Texas A&M feature covering his move to the blind side and his technique focus — pre-draft context on the coachability that translated to a Day 1 NFL start.
This prospect projects as a length-based starting left tackle, offering a team a foundational piece for pass protection. His substantial arm length allows him to manage the edge, though his lateral quickness suggests a scheme that can support his footwork with chip help or quick game will maximize his effectiveness. The concern for evaluators centered on his recovery ability against quicker rushers.
He started 34 career games at left tackle in the SEC, providing extensive experience against high-level competition. This usage demonstrated a consistent ability to anchor against power and maintain his position, though occasionally showing heavy feet against elite speed. His role as a blindside protector remained consistent throughout his college career, offering a large sample size of his play in critical situations.
The consensus among evaluators placed him in the fourth-to-fifth-round range, reflecting a clear trade-off between his elite physical tools, such as length and strength, and his athletic limitations, particularly foot quickness. He was ultimately selected in the fourth round, indicating teams saw a developmental path to a starting role, acknowledging the need to mitigate his athletic flags.
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Elite arm length
His 34½-inch arms and wingspan allow him to engage and lock-out defenders early.
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Strong anchor
He absorbs power and prevents pocket collapse by sinking his hips on bull rushes.
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Extensive SEC experience
Started 34 career games at left tackle against high-level competition.
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Effective run blocker
He excels on down blocks and gap-scheme angles using his length to drive.
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Functional puller
He is a functional puller on toss and G/Y counter, and finishes reach blocks effectively.
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Susceptible to speed rushers
He lacks foot speed to the corner and short-area recovery against bendy speed rushers.
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Vulnerable to inside counters
He is susceptible to inside counter moves due to oversetting on the outside.
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Inconsistent hand technique
His hand technique sometimes involves lunging and can be late to react to pressure.
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Limited lateral quickness
He struggles with quick changes of direction, affecting overall scheme fit.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 5.21sp50
- Vertical
- 30.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 110inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.56sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.73sp50
- Bench
- 28repp50
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Texas A&M | 13 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | 13 |
| 2019 | Texas A&M | 13 |
| 2020 | Texas A&M | 10 |
| Career | — | 49 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Long, high-anchor swing tackle who wins with length and functional strength but is exposed by speed; the fair pre-draft projection for Moore before his rookie-year opportunity accelerated the timeline.
Aspirational length-based NFL left tackle who parleyed steady if unspectacular starts into a second contract; Moore has the length and anchor to reach this tier, and his 2025 Titans deal effectively confirms the outcome.
Late-round tackle whose lateral limitations pushed him toward the right side and into a swing role — the floor if the feet never caught up to the length.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Hit. Thrust into LT starter Year 1 (below-average but survived), full-time LT starter through 2023 (bottom-15 PFF LT grade). Moved on from Pittsburgh in 2024, signed with the Titans as swing OT depth. Round-4 to journeyman starter — solid outcome.
Pre-draft context. Dan Moore Jr. arrived at Texas A&M from Beaumont, Texas as a Rivals four-star and started 34 games at left tackle across three seasons for Jimbo Fisher's Aggies, protecting Kellen Mond in an SEC schedule that included Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia and Florida. He measured 6-5⅝, 311 with elite length — a 34½-inch arm and 83½-inch wingspan (both above the 90th percentile) — plus 10¼-inch hands and 28 bench reps at the Texas A&M pro day. The rest of the workout, however, exposed his real flags: a 5.21 forty, 7.56 three-cone and 4.73 shuttle all landed in the bottom 20 percent for tackles, matching tape that showed a heavy-footed pass-setter who won with length and anchor rather than lateral quickness.
NFL fit — Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh took him at 128 with an eye on a developmental swing tackle, but a Week 1 injury to Zach Banner pushed Moore into the starting left tackle job as a rookie, and he did not give it back. He started 66 straight games from 2021 through 2024, cycling from Ben Roethlisberger's statue-in-the-pocket final season through the Kenny Pickett / Mitch Trubisky / Justin Fields / Russell Wilson quarterback churn. His pass-block grades sat in the middle of the league — playable, occasionally overwhelmed by top-tier speed rushers (Myles Garrett, Maxx Crosby) — while his run-blocking anchor and length were consistent positives on gap concepts.
Retrospective. In March 2025 the Tennessee Titans signed Moore to a four-year, $82 million deal to be their franchise left tackle protecting the No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward, one of the richest contracts ever given to a fourth-round-drafted lineman. Whatever the market says about tackle scarcity in 2025, the outcome is unambiguous: Pittsburgh got four years of a Day 1 starter for a Round 4 pick, and Moore parlayed that reliability into a top-of-market second contract. He is one of the most successful Day 3 offensive tackles of the 2021 class.