Falcons pick Hayti's William Moore in NFL Draft
William Moore wanted Atlanta, and it looks like Atlanta wanted him.
Moore, an all-state safety from Hayti who played his final season at Mizzou back in the fall, was the 55th pick in the NFL Draft on Saturday. And before the Falcons ever said his name, Moore said he already felt Atlanta-bound.
"Everybody asked me where I’d love to go. I said Atlanta," he told the Alanta Journal-Constitution in a story published today. It’s like when I went to Missouri, I had the feeling, the players, the direction they’re headed. I know I can go in and make an instant impact.”
Read more of the AJC's story on Moore and his Mizzou days here.
And by the way, Moore is already angling to get to wear No. 25 at Atlanta — the same number he wore at Mizzou.
• With one Southeast Missouri athlete picked in one pro draft this year, another is likely to be picked in less than two months: Tyler Hansbrough of Poplar Bluff and the University of North Carolina is widely expected by NBA insiders to be a first-round or second-round selection. ESPN will broadcast the draft live from New York.
2 comments:
Moore wore #1 (along with teammate Jimmy Jackson) with the exception of SR night. The players rotated #25 amongst the SR's this past season.
True, he wore No. 25 just once, but he wants to get it for good once he gets to Atlanta. Mizzou's players wore the number to honor one of their teammates who died in 2005.
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