*** 2020-21 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Moore has played in 33 career games (seven as a starter), and has 42 tackles with three passes broken up and a sack.

2021: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in eight games, making two tackles.

2020-21: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Played in just one game for the Eagles.

2019: He was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started eight of the 10 games he played, making the first start of his career at Washington (8/31/19). He closed the year with 29 tackles, a sack, three passes broken up and a fumble recovery. Moore had a career-high six tackles with a sack versus Lindenwood, and had four tackles in back-to-back games against Sacramento State (10/5/19) and Northern Colorado (10/12/19).

2018: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in 14 games and had 11 tackles on the season. All but one of his tackles came in the last seven games of the season, including three versus Maine (12/15/18) in the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs. He also had two versus UC Davis in the regular season (11/10/18) and FCS Playoffs (12/8/18).

2017: Redshirted. Moore graduated from high school early, and attended EWU during spring quarter. He saw reps as a cornerback during spring practices, and had a tackle in the Red-White Spring Game.

HS: Graduated from Kamiakin HS in 2017. His head coach in high school was Scott Biglin. Although he was unable to play, he was invited to play in the 52nd Annual East-West All-State game on June 30, 2017, in Moses Lake, Wash. As a senior in 2016, Moore was one of only 24 players honored as an All-State selection by the Seattle Times. Was also one of just 26 players selected to the Tacoma News Tribune All-State team as a defensive back. He earned first team All-Mid-Columbia honors as both a wide receiver and a defensive back, and was selected to the Tri-City Herald All-Area Team as a first team defensive back and second team wide receiver. It was the third time in his career he was first team all-league on defense. In the regular season he had 26 receptions for 496 yards (19.1 per catch) and eight touchdowns, and finished with 671 total all-purpose yards. Moore scored nine total touchdowns for a team which led the Mid-Columbia Conference in total offense (398.1) and was third in defense (249.9). He added five catches for 113 yards and a touchdown in the playoffs, giving him a season total of 31 grabs for 609 yards and nine scores. He helped lead Kamiakin to its first-ever State 3A title and the first for a high school in the city of Kennewick. The Braves beat O’Dea 14-7 in overtime to capture the first 3A title for a team east of the Cascade Mountains since 1999. Moore caught a 53-yard touchdown pass with 4:24 left to tie the game at 7-7 and help send it into overtime. He also had three tackles to earn recognition as the game’s MVP. Kamiakin finished the season 12-2 after handing the Irish their first defeat in 14 games. Was a preseason All-State selection by the Tacoma News Tribune. As a junior, he was selected to the Associated Press 3A All-State first-team as a defensive back, and earned first team All-MCC honors as a defensive back and second team as a receiver. He was also selected to the Tri-City Herald All-Area Team as a first team defensive back. Kamiakin led the Mid-Columbia Conference in total offense (386.0) and was second in defense (259.8). The Braves finished the 2015 season 8-3 overall and lost to Lakes 53-34 in the first round of the State 3A Playoffs. He also started as a sophomore, and was a first team All-MCC selection. He led the Braves to an 8-3 record but did not advance to the State 3A Playoffs. His EWU teammates Wyatt Musser (’17), Tuna Altahir (’21), Woodley Downard (’21) and Messiah Jones (’21) also graduated from Kamiakin, and several other former Eagles played there, including former EWU player and assistant coach Garrick (Rick) Redden (’83). He attended EWU football camp, enabling the coaching staff to get a closer recruiting look at him. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. Moore was a three-star recruit on scout.com. He was also rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com, and was listed as the 19th best prospect in the state of Washington by that website. Rivals.com listed Moore as a three-star recruit.

Personal: Has received his management degree and is now working on his master’s degree in business administration. He previously met requirements for his management degree and had a 3.53 grade point average in his master’s program through spring quarter 2021. Born 3/9/99 in Memphis, Tenn, and lived there for 14 years before moving west. Parents are Nickolus Thomas and Cassandra Moore-Thomas. First name is pronounced “dare-ee-uhn.”
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2018	14	11	3	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0
2019	10	29	6	1	1-9	0-1	3	0-0
2020-21	1	0	-	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0
2021	8	2	1	0	0-0	0-0	0	0-0
Totals	33	42	6	1	1-9	0-1	3	0-0