Holds Vikings record with a 10.5-yard career punt return average…One of only two players in team history (David Palmer) to have 2 career punt return TDs…Owns 2 of the 10 longest punt returns in team history with his pair of 71-yard TDs…The Vikings are 4-0 in games when Moore runs for 100+ yards...Ranks tied with Herschel Walker for 10th place in Vikings history with 4 career 100- yard rushing games...Along with Koren Robinson, who had a kickoff return TD at N.Y. Giants (11/13/05), marked only the 2nd time in team history posted a punt return and kickoff return TD in the same game, the other occurring in 1999 at Kansas City when Robert Tate (KOR) and Randy Moss (PR) accomplished the feat…Set a Vikings’ record with 610 combined net yards in a 3-game span in 2004 (at Houston, at New Orleans, vs. Tennessee), topping the old mark of 573 set by Chuck Foreman in 1976...Won NFL’s Pepsi Rookie of the Week award for performance vs. Tennessee (10/24/04)…Joined Onterrio Smith as the only Viking rookies in team history to rush for consecutive 100-yard games (at New Orleans, vs. Tennessee) in 2004…Was the 1st RB selected from Tulane by the Vikings since taking Tommy Mason #1 overall in the 1961 inaugural draft, the 1st player ever drafted by the team.
2006 Holds Led the team with a 10.1 punt return average and tied for 2nd on the team with a career-high 46 receptions…Ranked 4th in the NFC in punt return average…Joined Nate Burleson as the only Viking in team history to return a punt for a TD on Monday Night Football with his 71-yard return vs. New England (10/30)…With the return joined David Palmer to become only the 2nd player in franchise history with 2 career punt return TDs…Threw the 7th TD by a RB in team history when he hit TE Jermaine Wiggins on a halfback pass at Seattle (10/22) for a 15-yard TD…The TD pass marked the 2nd time on the season that the Vikings scored on a pass by a non-QB (K Ryan Longwell to TE Richard Owens vs. Carolina, 9/10), which tied the team record set in 1984 when RB Alfred Anderson threw 2 TD passes…Also returned a punt 40 yards against the Seahawks…Caught the Vikings’ 2 longest passes on the season, both 50-yarders, 1 from Brooks Bollinger vs. New England (10/30) and the other from Tarvaris Jackson vs. St. Louis (12/31)…Posted the 2nd-longest punt return in team history in a season opener with his 20-yard return at Washington (9/11) on Monday Night Football…Led team with 5 receptions for 57 yards vs. Green Bay (11/12)…Tied team high with 5 receptions vs. NY Jets (12/17) and scored his 1st receiving TD of the season, catching Tarvaris Jackson’s 1st career TD pass on a 35-yard screen pass.
2005 Enjoyed a breakout year of production as a rusher, receiver and return man...Was the only player in the NFL to score by rush, reception and punt return in 2005...Moore became the 2nd Viking to score a rushing, receiving and punt return TD, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny in 1961...Posted the 9th punt return TD in Vikings history with a 71-yard TD at NY Giants (11/13) in the upset win...The 71-yard punt return TD was the 6thlongest punt return TD in team history and 8th-long overall punt return..Part of an NFL-record setting day in Giants Stadium as he joined Koren Robinson (kickoff return TD) and Darren Sharper (INT return TD) to become the only team in League history to score all 3 ways in a game...Ranked 2nd in the NFC and 3rd in the NFL with an 11.7 yard average on punt returns...His 11.7 average was the 4th-best in Vikings history...Became the highest-ranked Vikings punt returner (3rd in NFL) since 1997 when David Palmer was 3rd in the League...Led team in rushing (662 yards), punt returns (245 yards) and was 3rd on team in receptions (37)...Broke the 100-yard rushing mark twice on the season with 101 vs. New Orleans (9/25) and 122 at Green Bay (11/21)...The 122 yards at Green Bay (11/21) on Monday Night Football made him the 4th Vikings RB to break the century mark on MNF...Was honored along with CB Dovonte Edwards for MNF Green Bay game by being put on ABC’s “Horse Trailer”...Scored 1st NFL TD vs. Green Bay (10/23) as part of a torrid 2nd-half comeback, catching a 14-yard pass from Daunte Culpepper put the Vikings up 20-17 after trailing 0-17 at halftime. Moore’s TD with 3:10 left in the game gave the Vikings the lead in the contest before future Viking Ryan Longwell hit a 39-yard FG with :24 to play for a 20-17 Green Bay lead before Vikings K Paul Edinger connected on a team-record 56-yarder as time expired for a 23-20 win...Scored 1st rushing TD at Carolina (10/30) on a 4-yard rush...Scored 2nd receiving TD of his career in season finale vs. Chicago (1/1/06) on a 7-yard pass from Brad Johnson.
2004 Played in 10 games with 3 starts and finished 3rd on the team with 379 yards rushing…Had 27 receptions for 238 yards…Finished 2nd on the team with 20 kickoff returns for 386 yards (19.3 avg.)…Ran for a season-best 138 yards on a season-high 20 carries vs. Tennessee (10/24) and added 5 receptions for 30 yards…Earned Pepsi Rookie of the Week honors for his performance vs. the Titans…Had 92 rushing yards at Houston (10/10) in his first career start, the 3rd-best in team history for a player making their 1st start…Set a team rookie record with 12 catches at Houston, which also tied him for 2nd in team history by a RB…Posted his 1st career 100-yard rushing day in his return to his collegiate stadium at New Orleans (10/17), with 109 yards on 15 carries…Also caught 7 passes for 78 yards to end the day with a career-high 187 yards of offense…Missed games at Indianapolis (11/8), at Green Bay (11/14), vs. Detroit (11/21), vs. Jacksonville (11/28), and at Chicago (12/5) with an ankle sprain…Inactive for game vs. Chicago (9/26)…Played in both of Vikings’ playoff games…Caught 2 passes for 20 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 71 yards with a long of 39 in Divisional Playoff game at Philadelphia (1/16/05)…Returned 3 kickoffs for 36 yards in Wild Card game at Green Bay (1/9/05).
Only the 2nd player in NCAA history to rush for 4,000 yards and have 2,000 yards receiving in a career, joining former Viking Darrin Nelson (Stanford)…Ranks 11th in Division I history in all-purpose yards with 6,505 yards…Ran for 100+ yards in 22 games to set Tulane and Conference USA records…His 36 career TDs rank 2nd in Tulane and C-USA history…Earned 1st-team C-USA Honors as a senior…The 2nd player in Tulane history to run for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, joining Eddie Price (1948-49)…Ran for 1,138 yards as a junior and 1,421 as a sophomore to set Tulane’s single-season rushing record…Named 1st-team All-C-USA as a sophomore…Named C-USA’s Freshman of the Year in 2000.2003 Earned 1st-Team C-USA honors...Named to Doak Walker and Walter Camp Award watch lists honoring the top RB and player in college football...Started opening 9 games of the season but missed final 3 with broken hand that required surgery...Ranked 2nd in C-USA with a 101.0 rushing average per game and 147.0 all-purpose yards per game...Ran for 100 yards and had 116 receiving yards against Northwestern State, scoring on passes of 32, 28 and 23 yards...Posted 114 rushing yards against Texas and had TD runs of 6 and 32 yards...Ran for season-best 159 yards against Memphis...Had 123 yards on the ground and a 25 yard TD against Louisville...Notched 115 yards rushing and 55 receiving against Army before suffering season-ending broken hand.2002 Named to All-C-USA team by The Sporting News...Became only the 2nd player in Tulane history to run for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, joining Eddie Price in 1948-49...Led Green Wave in rushing and receiving...Averaged 129.5 all-purpose yards per game...Scored a pair of ground TDs and caught a TD pass against East Carolina...Ran for season-high 147 yards against Southern...Carried 32 times for 136 yards and had 5 catches for 58 yards against Southern Mississippi...Caught a 47-yard TD pass against TCU...Ran for 116 yards on 30 carries and had 6 receptions for 80 yards against Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl.2001 Named 1st-Team All-C-USA...Set Tulane single-season rushing record with 1,421 yards...Broke the 100-yard rushing mark 7 times on the season...Set school record with 249 rushing yards on 28 attempts, breaking the old mark by 2 yards that had stood since 1970 by David Abercrombie while hauling in 6 passes for 87 yards...Became the 1st Tulane player to break the 100-yard mark in rushing and receiving in a game against Navy with 131 rushing yards and 130 receiving...Ran for 201 yards and had 70 yards receiving against Southern...Had career-best 168 receiving yards with TDs of 32 and 40 yards along with 80 rushing yards and a TD against Army.2000 Named C-USA's Freshman of the Year...Freshman All-America choice by The Sporting News and Football News...Started 7 of the 10 games he played on the season...Hauled in a 74-yard scoring pass against Army...Posted season-high 131 rushing yards and had 56 receiving yards against East Carolina...Carried for 114 yards against Cincinnati...Also had 100-yard rushing days against Memphis and Southern Methodist.
Drafted in the 4th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres, spending 3 summers in the organization…Took 24 credits in spring 2004 to graduate on time with a double major in finance and accounting…Active in the Twin Cities community with the National Football Foundation, United Way, and Memorial Blood Center…Recipient of the Community Service Award for Business Ethics at the Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs and Business School Council Awards Gala in spring 2003…Member of National Honor Society at Belaire High in Baton Rouge...Supports youth education through his Mewelde Moore Knowledge First Foundation…Married to Tymeka.