2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 81
Griffin Moore
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ill.
- High School:
- Bloomington
 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
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