Devin
Moore.
Devin
Moore.
Florida· 6'3"· 198 lb· 4.50s 40
R4 · #114 · Dallas Cowboys"Rare-length boundary corner with press-man toolkit and ballhawk instincts, but a 30-game injury-battered résumé kept him out of the Day 2 conversation."Pre-draft read
Long, rangy outside corner who plays with his arms constantly extended — his arm length is deployed early and often, whether jamming at the line or contesting stems at the catch point. He is best on the boundary in press-man coverage, where he forces releases outside and squeezes routes into the sideline. Zone repetitions show a corner still learning to trust his eyes; he peeks into the backfield on curl/flat concepts and gives up a beat on quick out-breakers.
His ball skills are a calling card; he is a real ball-in-the-air player, not just a mirror-and-swat corner. Tackling is willing and technical rather than explosive; he wraps in the flat but does not always finish YAC runners. He is a long strider whose top gear closes cushion, but whose short-area redirection drifts a hair at the top of double moves.
Cover-3 match with primary press engagements, emphasizing long-levered defenders who can reroute and constrict throwing windows on the boundary.
Rotational boundary corner as a rookie who develops into a long-term press-man starter, utilizing his length and ball skills.
A passive, hands-off nickel zone scheme that asks corners to play off and quickly diagnose intermediate routes from soft coverage.
Dallas gets a high-ceiling Day 3 boundary corner with rare length, ball-hawking instincts, and immediate special teams value, but whose injury history and developing zone instincts require patient coaching.
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He projects as a developmental boundary corner with backup-starter equity, fitting best as a press-heavy CB3. His value is rooted in a tools-over-production evaluation, where a strong athletic profile and rare boundary height offer a high physical upside, even if his on-field résumé was limited. Evaluators were banking on his physical traits and ball production to translate at the next level, particularly his 4.50 forty at 198 pounds.
Moore arrived at Florida as a mid-three-star recruit and progressed into a starter only by his senior year, after an injury-shortened 2024 season. His 2025 campaign provided his first full run as a full-time starter, during which he produced 35 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 4 pass breakups in 11 games. He played special teams and rotation in prior seasons, accumulating 30 career appearances.
Evaluators noted his modest 30-game college résumé and durability questions due to his injury history. Consensus during the draft process had him as a Day 3 selection, valuing his physical tools and ball skills as a trade-off for his limited experience. He was selected at pick 114 in the fourth round, with teams viewing him as outside depth with upside.
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Rare boundary length and height
measured 6-3¼ with 31⅝″ arms, giving him a natural jam-and-contest toolkit that fits pure outside corner.
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Ball production per exposure
5 interceptions and 130 return yards in only 30 career games, showcasing instincts and a high finish rate.
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Press-man foundation
comfortable playing on top of a receiver's toes, using length to force outside releases and squeeze routes into the sideline.
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Testing profile confirms tape
ran a 4.50 forty with a 1.56 ten-split at 198 pounds, providing recovery gear to run with vertical route stems.
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Special-teams value
logged core-four reps at Florida across four seasons and grades out as an above-average gunner, providing a path to a 46-man role.
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Injury and availability history
only 30 career appearances across four seasons, including a 2024 season cut short, indicating durability risks.
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Small hands for the profile
8⅝″ hands ranked in the 13th percentile, occasionally leading to bobbled interception opportunities that could be missed points.
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Zone eyes still developing
tends to peek into the backfield on curl/flat combinations, resulting in a beat of separation given up on quick out-breakers.
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Short-area redirection lags long speed
a long strider whose transition out of pedal is not sudden, causing him to drift on double moves and comeback routes.
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| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
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| 2022 | Florida | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Florida | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Florida | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Florida | 11 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | — | 30 | 64 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Day 3 tools-over-production corner who cracks the starting lineup by Year 2 in a press-heavy scheme.
Ceiling as a long, ball-hawking boundary corner who parlays length and instincts into a decade of rotational starts.
Long, athletic boundary corner who bounces around depth charts and lives as a CB4/special-teamer.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context
A tools-over-production evaluation. The tape shows a corner still catching up to his frame — Moore only got one full college season as a starter, and the injury history plus a modest 30-game sample left evaluators projecting off traits rather than resolved reps. What they were projecting off was legitimate: rare boundary height, functional length, a 4.50 forty at 198 pounds, and 5 career interceptions in limited exposure. Consensus late in the process settled him into the fourth round as a Day 3 developmental corner best fit as a press-heavy boundary CB3.
NFL fit — Dallas Cowboys
Dallas drafted him as depth on the outside behind Trevon Diggs and DaRon Bland and as an insurance policy against another Diggs injury. The Cowboys have historically valued length on the perimeter, and Moore's frame slots directly into the boundary role next to their two established outside corners. Early season should be sub-package snaps and heavy special-teams reps while the defensive coaches clean up his zone eyes and add functional weight to hold up against SEC-caliber jump balls in the red zone. If he shows in preseason, he has a runway to press for CB3 snaps by midseason and a path to compete for a starting job by Year 2 if Diggs' cap number opens the seat.
Retrospective
Too early to judge, but the value math on Pick 114 is favorable. If Moore develops into a spot-starting boundary corner who plays 300–500 defensive snaps a year with quality special-teams value, the pick is a base hit. The upside case — a Cameron Sutton or Mackensie Alexander arc where the length and ball skills translate into a decade of rotational starts — is on the table. The floor is career special-teamer and CB5, which is still on-price for a fourth-round injury-recovery bet at a premium position.