A former Louisville All-American is on the move in college football yet again.
Defensive end Charles Moore is transferring from Oregon State, just months after transferring to Corvallis from Auburn. Moore was slated to redshirt his first year on campus at Auburn but entered the transfer portal in September, just a few weeks after the season began.
He initially announced he was going to transfer to Jones College (in Ellisville) before deciding to go west and play for the Beavers. He didn’t get to play a down for either team.
Moore was a staple on the Louisville defense dating back to his eighth-grade season. He had become a five star prospect nationally heading into his junior season before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in a jamboree against Starkville a week before the start of the season. He missed all of that junior year but returned in 2018 to help lead the Wildcats to the Class 4A state championship with 79 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions and a sack.
After the big senior year, Moore was named to the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game roster and also was an Under Armour All-American playing in the ball game in Orlando, Fla., with some of the top prospects in the country.
He was committed to Mississippi State for most of his junior and senior season before opening things back up and the Bulldogs became a factor for him late in his recruiting process with former head coach Joe Moorhead. Auburn started to surge with Moore in the final month and the Tigers would be where he would sign his Letter of Intent.
Moore chose Auburn as a four-star prospect ranked 69th overall nationally by the 247Sports Composite rankings. He was ranked the country’s sixth-best strong side defensive end prospect and the state of Mississippi’s fourth-best player.
It’s unknown at the moment what Moore’s intentions are moving forward. He has four years of eligibility left, but would have to sit out for a season due to the NCAA’s rules on transfers.
