{"id":109333,"date":"2021-04-07T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=109333"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:01:36","slug":"2021-nfl-draft-elijah-moore-player-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/07\/2021-nfl-draft-elijah-moore-player-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 NFL Draft: Elijah Moore Player Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Elijah Moore 2021 NFL Draft Overview<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Position: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wide receiver<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Height: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5&#8242;-9 \u00bd&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Weight: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">178 pounds<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Arms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30.125\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Hands: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9.375\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>School: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ole Miss<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro Day Performance Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>40-yard dash: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.32<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Vertical: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Broad: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">121\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Three-cone: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.65<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Bench press: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 reps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Elijah Moore 2021 NFL Draft Profile<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a true freshman in 2018, Moore saw immediate playtime as he appeared in all 11 games and was the team\u2019s third-leading receiver, making 36 catches for 398 yards and two touchdowns. In 2019, the sophomore was named third-team All-SEC and started in all 12 games for Ole Miss. Moore led the team in receiving as he tallied 67 receptions for 850 yards and six touchdowns. Furthermore, he finished fifth in the SEC in catches per game with a 5.6 average as well as finishing ninth in receiving yards per game with a 70.8 average. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, as a 2020 junior, Moore had his best collegiate season. Moore was named first-team All-American after he started all eight games during the shortened season. During that time, Moore racked up an Ole Miss record 86 catches for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns. Moreover, Moore led the country in receiving yards per game with an average of 149.1 along with also leading the country in catches per game with an average of 10.8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Strengths<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elite speed and agility;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moore brings a lot of versatility as he has aligned both within the slot and outside the numbers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a big play waiting to happen whether it be through a long throw and catch or taking a short route to the house with his dynamic run after the catch skills;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solid strength for a player of his size;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unreal change of direction in gym shorts as well as in pads which has helped improve his route running;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very strong hands and can secure catches through traffic and hits;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tremendous awareness when facing defensive zone coverages;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tough player who has gotten better each season in college.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Weaknesses<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below average size for the position;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will not give much as a run blocker, but that does not stop him from trying;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is not quite a route technician yet;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lankier corners may give him trouble with jams at the next level.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NFL Comparison: <\/b>Present-day<b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=BrowAn04,BrowAn01&amp;search=Antonio+Brown&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antonio Brown<\/a> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without character concerns. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Teams With Need at Position: <\/b>Cincinnati Bengals<b>, <\/b>Cleveland Browns<b>, <\/b>Indianapolis Colts<b>, <\/b>Miami Dolphins<b>, <\/b>Philadelphia Eagles<b>, <\/b>Detroit Lions<b>, <\/b>New England Patriots<b>, <\/b>Baltimore Ravens<b>, <\/b>New Orleans Saints<b>, <\/b>Houston Texans<b>, <\/b>Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n<p><b>Projection: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late First to Mid Second Round<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Bottom Line on Elijah Moore<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Moore has not received the same level of hype as some of the other top receivers in this year\u2019s draft class, he is every bit as deserving. Moore\u2019s elite 40-yard dash time will catch eyes, but it\u2019s his three-cone time that should make you excited. For reference, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EdelJu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Julian Edelman<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s 6.62 three-cone time is the gold standard when it comes to short-area quickness in route running along with the slot. Moore\u2019s 6.65 three-cone is right on par with that and his tape shows it off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Moore is not one of these players who loses speed or agility when he straps the pads on. He has elite change of direction coupled with strong hands which manage to haul the ball in through traffic. While Moore has below-average size for the position, it should not matter one bit when it comes to impacting his draft stock. Finally, Ole Miss has gone on an impressive run recently with producing high-end NFL receivers such as <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MetcDK00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D.K. Metcalf<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=override,BrowAJ00&amp;search=A.J.+Brown&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.J. Brown<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which should be taken into consideration when evaluating Moore<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021-nfl-draft-profiles\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>More 2021 NFL Draft Profiles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"53DQ-l99SZFiEulqD9p0Mg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1229670045\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'53DQ-l99SZFiEulqD9p0Mg',sig:'RVGAhcNMrwsUpz13B3zbr9srxixTT-sbAdbl3OIpFf8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1229670045',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elijah Moore 2021 NFL Draft: As a true freshman in 2018, Moore saw immediate playtime as he appeared in all 11 games and was the team\u2019s third<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3217,"featured_media":109512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647,33760],"tags":[7928,2030],"class_list":["post-109333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","category-profiles","tag-elijah-moore","tag-nfl-draft-profiles"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247013,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109333\/revisions\/247013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}