Husky Roster Review: It's Time to See Much More of Quentin Moore

Quentin Moore had to detour to Kansas and the JC level because of poor grades before he could join the University of Washington football team, and he played just one season because of the pandemic.

Once in Seattle, the big tight end looked impressive enough but appeared in only two of the 12 games during the Huskies' ill-fated 2021 season because of nagging injuries.

Last season, Moore was making inroads with Kalen DeBoer's staff, thinking he was going to become a well-utilized receiver as much as he is a touted blocker, but he was injured twice and missed games against California and Arizona.

Entering his third season at the UW, he should make the following his motto because it's got a nice ring to it — it's time to see more of Moore from the Seattle suburb of Kenmore.

Emerging from spring football, the 6-foot-4, 248-pounder, once labeled the nation's No. 1 JC tight end while at Independence Community College in the heartland, resembled a veteran player who appears as muscular as anyone at his position.

He's actually down 11 pounds since last season, but still lists out as the heaviest tight end on the roster.

In spite of all the intrusions on his football career, Moore remains on track to become the Husky starter someday, though he likely will have to wait until 2024 after Devin Culp and Jack Westover graduate.

Going down the roster from No. 0 to 99, Moore, who wears No. 88 on offense, is next up in a series of profiles about each of the Huskies' scholarship players and assorted walk-ons, summing up their spring football performances and surmising what might come next for them.

Tight end Quentin Moore was 259 pounds a year ago in fall camp and now lists at a more streamlined 248.

Quentin Moore, after a JC season in Kansas, has played in 13 Huskies games over two seasons and started once against Michigan State last fall.

Quentin Moore came to Washington as a blocking tight end, but is becoming more of a receiving threat all the time.

Quentin Moore had a 25-yard reception against Colorado late in the season and a 17-yarder against Texas in the Alamo Bowl.

Quentin Moore had 38 receptions for 547 yards and 5 touchdowns for Independence Community College in Kansas in 2019.

Tight-ends coach Nick Sheridan meets with tight ends Devin Culp (83), Quentin Moore (88), Josh Cuevas (85) and John Frazier (91), and hands out directives.

Quentin Moore had to crawl the width of the field, holding a football, for some practice performance shortcoming during spring ball.

Quentin Moore gets downfield to snag a 25-yard pass against Colorado last season in the Huskies' 54-7 victory.

Quentin Moore celebrates a touchdown run by Wayne Taulapapa by hugging the since departed running back.

Matteo Mele (78), Quentin Moore (88) and Roger Rosengarten (73) rush to the end zone to congratulate Wayne Taulapapa after he scored agaisnt Portland State.

Surprisingly athletic for someone carrying his size, Moore got downfield a lot after reporting to Jimmy Lake's team in 2021, to the point it was half-jokingly suggested that he looked like a potential wide receiver.

"He's big and fast and he can move," then UW wide-receivers coach Junior Adams said at the time. "He's got good feet. I like Quentin. The sky's the limit for him.

With his added and well-distributed weight, Moore clearly resembles a tight end now and, even with his career interruptions, could become more of a focal player in the UW offense and an NFL prospect before he's done in Montlake.

He's the son of Mark Moore, who briefly played cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks following a college career at Oklahoma State, so it's in his genes.

Moore showed flourishes of what he can do with the ball in his hands last season by catching a 25-yard pass against Colorado and a 17-yarder against Texas in the Alamo Bowl.

He could become one of those guys who suddenly becomes a much bigger deal in terms of starts and receptions near the tail-end of his Husky experience, with people asking where did he come from? Football is a funny game that way.

QUENTIN MOORE FILE

Service: Moore has appeared in 13 games over two seasons, 11 coming in 2022, making a lone start against Michigan State last season.

Stats: Often the third tight end in the rotation, he caught 5 passes for 61 yards in 2022, with a long of 25 yards against Colorado. At Independence CC in 2019, Moore came up with 38 receptions for 547 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Role: Moore finds himself behind sixth-year seniors Devin Culp and Jack Westover in the rotation, and trying to protect his minutes against the emerging likes of Cal Poly transfer Josh Cuevas and redshirt freshman Ryan Otton. As a senior in 2024, he should be in the mix to become the starter.

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