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2023 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

81 Griffin Moore

  • Position TE
  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 250
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ill.
  • High School Bloomington
  • Instagram griffnmoore
  • Twitter griffnmoore

Biography

NIL Opportunities

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

2023 Junior

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in all 12 games
  • Caught first-career TD pass, a 46-yard strike from Luke Altmyer, vs. FAU (9/23/23)
  • Set career-high marks for receptions (4), receiving yards (56) and longest reception (22) at Kansas (9/8/23)

2022 Sophomore

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in five games, including the ReliaQuest Bowl
  • First career reception in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Mississippi State 1/2/23 went for 17 yards

2021 Redshirt Freshman

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in one game

2020 Redshirt Freshman

  • Played in two games 
  • Made Illinois debut at Northwestern 12/12/20 

2019 Freshman

  • Redshirted the 2019 season

High School

  • Three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN
  • Two-star recruit by Rivals
  • Ranked No. 84 tight end in the nation by 247Sports
  • Ranked No. 139 athlete in the nation by ESPN
  • Ranked No. 31 recruit in Illinois by ESPN and No. 46 by 247Sports
  • Two-year letterwinner in football
  • Played for head coach Scott Godfrey as a senior and head coach Joe Walters as a junior at Bloomington
  • 2018 Class 6A IHSFCA All-State
  • 2018 USA TODAY All-USA Illinois second team
  • Played mostly quarterback in high school, throwing for 1,957 yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior and 857 yards and five touchdowns as a junior
  • Averaged 37.7 yards per punt with eight down inside the 20-yard line as a senior
  • 2018 all-conference first-team quarterback and second-team punter
  • 2018 Pantagraph All-Area first-team punter and honorable mention quarterback
  • Also played basketball at Bloomington
  • Verbally committed to Illinois in March 2018
  • Offers included Illinois State

Personal

  • Born Aug. 1, 2000
  • Son of Angie and Tim Moore
  • Father is the principal at Bloomington High School
  • Father played football at Eastern Illinois
  • One younger brother, Landon
  • Nicknamed “Griff”
  • Chose No. 13 because of his friend Kai Bates Diop (younger brother of NBA player Keita), who had a heart attack while playing basketball and can no longer play competitive sports
  • Picked Illinois because, “The opportunity to represent my home state and help turn around the program.”
  • Plans to work in sports following his playing career as an agent, front office administrator or coach
  • Graduated  from the University of Illinois with a master's in management in May 2024

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2019Freshman

    TE
    6'4" 245 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    TE
    6'4" 235 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    TE
    6'4" 245 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2022Sophomore

    TE
    6'4" 250 lbs
    43
  • 81

    2023Junior

    TE
    6'4" 250 lbs
    81