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Malachi Moore

New York Jets
Pos S
Updated August 24, 2026

Model Score

71.3 MODEL
Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 17 games

066th
INT
363rd
Pass Deflections
63.0%37th
Comp % Allowed
10.885th
Yds / Target
113th
TD Allowed
5619th
Solo Tackles

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 130 · New York Jets · 2025
Alabama (SEC)
Taken
#130
where he actually went
Consensus board
160th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#8
among S in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2020-2024 · 61 games
7 INT, 24 pass breakups, 208 tackles, 16 TFL

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out
4.5s
40 yd

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Plays like
on-field production only
Built likeTHIN DATA
measurables only
College career
his college career vs theirs

STM Take

Alabama 2020 CFP National Championship pedigree as a 2025 late-round pick puts Moore in the rare championship-pedigree late-round S class. The Alabama SEC 4-year starter résumé plus the Jets structural anchor role give him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Moore holds tier 8 or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

Moore came out of Alabama as a 2025 NFL Draft late-round pick after winning the 2020 CFP National Championship as an Alabama freshman. He landed with the New York Jets and emerged into a rotational safety role as a rookie.

Strengths

  • Alabama 2020 CFP National Championship pedigree plus 4-year SEC starter résumé as a Day 3 late-round pick puts him above the typical Day 3 S developmental band.
  • Alabama SEC pedigree plus the Jets structural anchor role gives him real college foundation.

Concerns

  • Single tier 8 finish without prior STTM history caps the long-term projection certainty.
  • Jets' broader defensive identity instability plus the multi-year offensive rebuild compresses the structural support around Moore.

What to watch: Whether Moore holds tier 8 or better in 2026 with the Jets or whether the role compresses to swing depth.

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