One aspect of the draft that doesn’t get discussed enough is that every team has to be honest with themselves when it comes to assessing their appetite for risk.
Every single pick carries with it a risk vs. reward calculation. Teams don’t want to take risks with high picks, but they can be more comfortable with risk as the draft wears on. Missing on a fifth round pick because a gamble didn’t pay off is routine, while missing with a first rounder is a fireable offense.
Teams are also more tolerant of
risk when the potential pay-off is significant.
Florida cornerback Devin Moore is going to test teams’ appetites for risk this year. He is a player with the upside to not just be a starter, but a good starter at a cornerstone position. However, he also carries a bright red flag with a significant injury history.
The New York Giants are in an interesting position with respect to the cornerback position. On one hand, they don’t have an entrenched starter on one side of the field, but on the other hand, they already have two former first round picks vying for the job.
Could the presence of the first rounders give the Giants enough of a safety net that they could take a mid-round flier on Moore?
Prospect: Devin Moore (28)
Games Watched: vs. Miami (2025), vs. Georgia (2025), vs. Kentucky (2025)
Red flags: Shoulder (2022, 2024), Concussion / Back (2023), Groin (2026)
Measurables
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(Note: Moore worked out despite still recovering from groin surgery)
Strengths
Best traits
- Length
- Athleticism
- Man coverage
- Zone coverage
- Football IQ
Florida’s Devin Moore is a long, versatile, and highly athletic cover corner.
Moore has fantastic length for the position at 6-foot-3 with 31 ⅝ inch arms. He combines that length with quick, twitchy athleticism, fluid hips, and solid awareness in coverage.
Moore is a versatile corner who can execute zone, off-man, and press-man schemes and techniques well. His blend of length and athleticism allows him to take up a lot of room in coverage, quickly closing and disrupting the pass in off coverages. He’s an active communicator with good awareness, which helps him to both maintain the structure of the defense and quickly close on passes in his zone of coverage. He has solid eye discipline and seldom bit (or bit hard) on misdirection in the tape viewed. Even when pulled out of position, Moore’s athleticism allowed him to compensate.
He also has all the traits to be an effective man coverage corner. Moore’s length allows him to jam at the line of scrimmage, while his feet and hips allow him to easily get – and stay – in phase with receivers throughout their route. While Moore has blazing speed on the field and is easily able to run vertically with almost anyone he lines up against. That also gives him great range in zone coverage and the ability to come downhill in run support from deep coverage zones and safety alignments.
Moore was rarely tested in coverage, with quarterbacks visibly checking his man before looking for a more advantageous matchup elsewhere. As a result, he doesn’t have much ball production, however he has proven to be disruptive when he was tested.
Weaknesses
Worst traits
- Health
- Mass
- Run defense
Moore’s health is the single biggest issue with which teams will need to contend.
He has only had one healthy season in college, losing his 2022 and 2024 seasons to shoulder injuries, as well as a 5-game chunk in 2023 to a concussion and back injury. Moore played 11 games in the 2025 season, but needed surgery to repair a groin injury after the season. That surgery cost him much of the draft process and also limited his workout. He insisted on running his 40-yard dash despite not yet having fully regained his speed. While teams likely love the toughness, the result was a disappointing 4.50-second time for a player who would likely time in the 4.3’s.
Teams will have to closely examine Moore’s medicals and judge for themselves whether they believe he’ll be durable enough, or has just been unlucky.
Health aside, Moore isn’t a small corner by any means, but he has a narrow frame and doesn’t play like a corner who’s just under 200 pounds. He’s capable of hitting when he comes in hot, but lacks much *thud* or stopping power when he breaks down. He could find himself bullied by bigger pass catchers at the NFL level. He also needs to play more consistently fast when coming downhill in run support. There are instances where he flows to the ball and makes a good tackle on the move, however there are too many plays in which Moore seems to wait for the runner and tries to drag him down as they collide.
Game Tape
(Moore is the Florida cornerback wearing number 28 with no sleeves and white gloves.)
Projection
Devin Moore projects as a starting cornerback with scheme diversity at the NFL level – if, that is, he can stay healthy.
Moore’s draft stock will be almost impossible to predict. When healthy, his combination of traits and tape in coverage would normally earn him a high second or even first round grade. He absolutely can be a starting cornerback in the NFL, and a good one at that.
However, his lengthy injury history could have him off some teams’ draft boards altogether. The other side to the coin is that coaches will likely love Moore’s willingness to compete. Many prospects would likely opt to not work out when coming off surgery, preferring to not compete at all rather than risk an unflattering performance.
Each team will have to weigh the potential reward in drafting Moore against their appetite for risk.
Does he fit the Giants? Yes, value and medical checks permitting
Final Word: A second round talent but Day 3 value due to injury concerns
