Exclusive Interview: New Packers WR Skyy Moore Makes Impact On, Off Field

Toward the end of training camp last summer, the Kansas City Chiefs traded Skyy Moore to the San Francisco 49ers.

Afterward, Chiefs coach Andy Reid reached out to the former second-round pick with a meaningful message.

“Coach Reid, he sent me a text,” Moore, who signed with the Green Bay Packers in free agency, told Packers On SI in an exclusive interview. “He said this will be good for you. Sometimes a change of scenery is all you need. And he told me a story, he said, ‘When I moved from Philly to K.C., I didn’t look at it as a bad thing.’

“He said don’t look at it as a bad thing. It could be a real pivotal part of your career. And I took that and I really ran with it because that’s exactly how I was looking at it, too. I felt kind of stuck in a way in K.C. And going to San Fran helped me get it back on the road and just put the fun back in the game. I was getting hurt a lot, and last season was my first full, healthy season in a while. I feel like it changed the trajectory of my career.”

With the 49ers, Moore emerged as one of the best kick returners in the NFL. His breakout season on special teams and his potential to impact the game on offense is why Green Bay signed him to a one-year contract.

“I had other opportunities but, at the end of the day, once we hit free agency, hit that time period, they were showing the most interest,” Moore said.

From New Kensington, Pa., to Green Bay

Moore, a native of New Kensington, Pa., was a quarterback and defensive back in high school. At Western Michigan, he was moved to receiver and became a star. In 2021, he caught 95 passes for 1,292 yards and nine touchdowns.

The Chiefs in 2022 drafted him in the second round to help replace Tyreek Hill.

That was the first year for Moore’s Before Your Eyes Summer Jam.

“Before Your Eyes is my clothing brand and it’s just my brand, period,” Moore said. “Off the field, I try to bring my community together. We have a community day every July, and it’s always a fun time with the kids. We got face painting, we got some type of tournament, whether it’s a one-on-one tournament or a basketball three-on-three.

“We got snow-cone machines, popcorn, free food from Wingstop – Wingstop always shows a lot of love and sponsors me with that. Just a day of love and a day of fun for my whole community.”

The event, which will be held this year on July 11, supports more than 200 athletes in the Ar-Ken Youth Football League. That’s the league in which Moore’s path to the NFL started.

Giving back is part of what drives Moore.

“It’s important to me because around my way, there wasn’t too many people giving back, I would say, just in the manner that I could right now,” Moore said. “I tried to put myself back in my 10-year-old shoes where if I could benefit off of any little advice somebody could give me, it would mean the world to me.”

When Moore was just getting his start in football, fellow New Kensington native Toney Clemons was drafted in the seventh round by the Steelers. Just as Clemons inspired Moore, Moore hopes to inspire the next generation of aspiring athletes.

“I remember Toney Clemens, that was the closest person that made it to where I’m at now, and he gave me a pair of cleats, and I knew how much that meant to me at the time,” Moore said. “Like, ‘Oh, my goodness, I just got a pair of cleats from somebody in the NFL.’ And I’ve just been trying to reciprocate that feeling ever since I made it to the NFL.”

For Moore, being that positive role model is a gratifying part of his journey.

“It feels really good,” he said. “It feels really good, especially because I understand the position of it. Just knowing that, like, there’s a good and bad that comes to it. Whether I use it the right way or use it the wrong way, the kids are looking at me. So, I feel good knowing that I’m trying to do my best and put my best foot forward to show the youth that it can be done from where we’re from.”

Skyy Moore arrives at the stadium before a Kansas City Chiefs game in 2024. | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

Moore’s even got a clothing line. He put it on pause following last year’s trade but hopes to “get that rolling (again) like we never left.”

Moore’s into fashion, but he started it for the most practical of reasons when he was at Western Michigan.

“I wanted to get some money,” he said. “I wanted to get some extra money and I knew I could sell some T-shirts and flip some clothing to get some extra cash in college because coming from the MAC, you don’t get too many NILs and all that extra stuff.”

Big Opportunity With Packers

Moore returned punts for the Chiefs as a rookie, but it didn’t go well with three muffed kicks.

“I made a lot of mistakes, and I shied away from it ever since then,” Moore said. “I didn’t want to be back there and it kind of created a sense of like fear.

“Every time a kick would go up, I would be nervous. And then it came my third year around, I started working at it really hard. And then this year, it kind of took off and I felt very comfortable back there and I was able to showcase my talent once I get the ball.”

He was “outstanding” with the 49ers, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst noted, making him a target for new special teams coordinator Cam Achord.

Then-San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Skyy Moore (9) celebrates after a play against the Indianapolis Colts last season. | Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

“I do think Skyy’s got more in the tank on offense, as well, and it’ll be interesting to see how Matt (LaFleur will) use him on offense,” Gutekunst said at the NFL meetings on Monday.

That’s something Moore is looking forward to after he caught 43 passes in his first two seasons with the Chiefs but zero in six games for them in 2024 and five for the 49ers in 2025.

“I’m just trying to come out there and carve my role out,” Moore said. “I feel like I’m a very versatile guy. Whatever role I can fit, I’m going to run at it full steam and be the best at it.”

Moore has done nothing but win in his career. As a rookie in 2022, the Chiefs beat the Eagles in the Super Bowl, with Moore catching a go-ahead touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. In 2023, they made it back-to-back championships against the 49ers. In 2024, with Moore on injured reserve following core-muscle surgery, the Chiefs got back to the Super Bowl but lost to the Eagles.

Last year, with Moore’s kick-return prowess helping the 49ers finish fourth in average starting field position – the Chiefs were fourth-to-last – San Francisco reached the divisional playoffs.

Now, he’s with the Packers, who have qualified for the playoffs each of the last three seasons.

“That was another exciting part about signing to Green Bay is you get to play for a great coach with Matt (LaFleur) and you get to play with a great quarterback in Jordan (Love),” Moore said. “And these are guys that have been on the bubble every single year.

“It’s not like I’m going to a BS squad. It’s like we’re a few pieces away from playing in that big game. And I really see it. I see the vision and I really believe it.”

For the Packers’ perennially downtrodden special teams, the sky could be the limit.

Make that the Skyy could be the limit.

Here's part of my exclusive conversation with Skyy Moore. ⬇️https://t.co/98m6jvRqFQ
— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) April 1, 2026

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