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Northeastern State Athletics Hall of Fame

Derrek Moore

Derrick Moore

  • Class
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Football
Moore is an All-American running back who helped lead Northeastern State to a #1 ranking with a 10-1 overall record and a perfect 6-0 OIC record in 1991. NSU made it to the NAIA National Quarterfinals in Moore's lone season with the Redmen. He is a 1992 NSU graduate and was selected in the eighth round of the 1992 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Moore would go on to play six years in the NFL. He had stops with the Detroit Lions, where he played alongside Hall of Famer, Barry Sanders and was the starting running back in the Carolina Panthers' inaugural season, where he set an expansion rushing record. He finished his playing career with the Arizona Cardinals.
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