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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1977-03-20)March 20, 1977 (age 47) Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Haywood (Brownsville) |
| College: | Virginia Tech |
| NFL draft: | 2000: 3rd round, 89th pick |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Corey Moore[2] (born March 20, 1977) is an American former professionalfootball player who was alinebacker in theNational Football League (NFL) during the early 2000s. He playedcollege football for theVirginia Tech Hokies, earned unanimousAll-American honors and recognition as the outstanding college defensive player. A third-round pick in the2000 NFL draft, he played professionally for theBuffalo Bills andMiami Dolphins of the NFL.
Moore received an athletic scholarship to attendVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he played for coachFrank Beamer'sVirginia Tech Hokies football team from 1996 to 1999. Following his 1999 season, he won theLombardi Award andBronko Nagurski Trophy, recognizing him as college football's defensive player of the year.[3] Moore, who was named the 1998 and 1999Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win the award back-to-back. He set a league record with 17 sacks. Moore was also the first unanimous Big East Defensive Player of the Year selection and was a unanimous first-team All-Big East selection. Following the 1999 season, he became Virginia Tech's most honored football player.[4] The senior defensive end earned the Bronko Nagurski Award as college football's defensive player of the year, and won the Lombardi Award as the college football lineman of the year. He was namedFootball News Defensive Player of the Year, and became just the second Virginia Tech player to be recognized as a unanimous first-teamAll-American.[5] Moore had 31 sacks during his final two college seasons. He is a member of theOmega Psi Phi fraternity.
Virginia Tech retired his jersey October 23, 2010.
The Buffalo Bills selected Moore in the third round (89th pick overall) of the2000 NFL draft, and he played for the Bills for a single season in2000.[6] He was later released by the Bills, and theMiami Dolphins signed him to a two-year contract.