ASU #20 
Devon Moore
Running Back - RB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 205
Senior
Previous Affiliations
Cedar Ridge
Previous Experience
Mebane, N.C.
With only one full season as a starter under his belt, has established himself as one of the nation’s top running backs and one of the greatest performers in the long line of prolific runners at ASU ... is one of 20 players on The Sports Network’s official preseason watch list for the Walter Payton Award, which is given to the nation’s top FCS player ... thanks to posting the sixth-highest single-season total in school history a year ago, comes into his senior campaign ranked ninth on ASU’s all-time rushing list with 2,271 career yards ... versatile back boasts toughness and vision between the tackles, quickness to beat defenders off the edge, speed to break away from the pack in the secondary and hands to be an above-average receiver out of the backfield ... is also a tremendous blocker in pass-protection ... may have an even bigger role in the offense as a senior with the graduation of All-America quarterback Armanti Edwards.
2009: Rebounded from season-ending ankle injury in 2008 to rush for 1,374 yards and 19 touchdowns, both team highs ... the 1,374 rushing yards led the Southern Conference and ranked fifth nationally in terms of total rushing yardage (98.1 yards per game were good for second in the SoCon and 13th nationally) ... rushing total is the sixth-highest in ASU single-season history and 19 rushing touchdowns are tied for fourth in school’s single-season annals ... rushed for 100 yards or more in 6-of-14 games ... added 282 receiving yards on 36 receptions to amass 100-plus all-purpose yards eight times ... totaled 78 yards (41 receiving, 37 rushing) and scored on a one-yard run against a stingy East Carolina defense in the season opener ... exploded for four 100-yard rushing efforts and five-straight performances with at least 100 all-purpose yards over the next five games ... torched nationally ranked McNeese State for 155 rushing yards and 42 yards on four receptions in the home opener ... ran for 106 yards yards on just 17 carries (6.2 avg.) in rain-soaked victory over Samford ... managed just 66 yards on career-high 26 rushes but caught three passes for 53 yards in overtime triumph at The Citadel ... ran for a career-long 73-yard touchdown on his first carry of the game and went on to torch North Carolina Central for 124 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 rushes (11.3 avg.) in homecoming rout ... churned out 180 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 25 carries and added a career-high six receptions for 38 yards to help lead come-from-behind win at Wofford ... was held to just 142 rushing yards over the next three games but scored a total of seven touchdowns in wins over Georgia Southern, Furman and Chattanooga ... rebounded from four-straight sub-100-yard performances to rush for a career-high 191 yards and two scores in hard-fought win over archrival Western Carolina ... was limited to 61 yards on 20 carries in postseason opener versus South Carolina State ... bounced back to turn in one of the finest rushing performances in ASU postseason history with 175 yards and two touchdowns in thrilling 35-31 win at Richmond in the national semifinals ... the 175 rushing yards versus UR are the seventh-most in ASU’s postseason annals ... 73 of the 175 yards came in the final 9:23 of the game, as ASU erased a 10-point deficit with a 21-point fourth quarter ... gained 67 of ASU’s 73 yards on a nine-play touchdown drive that gave the Mountaineers their first lead of the game with less than five minutes remaining ... picked up a pivotal first down on a third-and-two play with less than a minute to go that set up the winning touchdown three plays later ... capped impressive season with 119 total yards (84 rushing, 35 receiving) and both ASU touchdowns in the national semifinals at Montana.
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