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Games |
Receptions |
Receiving Yards |
Receiving Touchdowns |
30 |
171 |
2482 |
16 |
40 Yard Dash |
Bench Press |
Vertical Jump |
Broad Jump |
3-Cone Drill |
20 Yard Shuttle |
4.41 Sec |
N/A |
34.5 Inches |
125 Inches |
7.13 |
4.32 |
Sky Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise up NFL draft boards and closer examination into his production at Western Michigan shows a player that has potential to dominate on the outside. At 5'11" and 195 lbs., Moore brings a muscular athletic build, rare length for his size, and very good technique to the position. Moore possesses elite hands that can both pluck pases out of the air and make diving catches look easy. He has rare arm length for the position and even though he's below 6' in height his length allows him to play bigger than his size would suggest. He's exceptionally quick in the beginning of the route and knows how to set up his opposing cornerback to ensure early separation in his route and win 1-on-1 man coverage quickly. He's very good at getting his opposing defender to make false steps early and his been very good at capitalizing on them as both a deep threat and short pass option for his quarterback. He can get excellent separation at the top of his routes on a consistent basis and can make a cornerbacks day nightmarish is they can't keep up with his quickness.When he's racing his defender downfield he rarely loses and when he gets by his man he never gives up ground which allowed to be such a successful deep threat in college football. He can be elusive in the opening field and can turn short 5 yard passes into 20 yard gains to keep the chains moving his team. He's as tough as nails as a receiver with his willingness to go over the middle and make catches through contact and his strong hands allow him to reel in passes and keep them in his grip. He's new to the position as he's had to learn it through limited games due to covid and had no previous experience at the position before playing for the receiver position and his quick development at the position points towards a very high ceiling for him in the NFL.
At his size, he won't be the favorite for most contested catches and he has to get some separation in his routes in order to make plays. He wasn't a versatile chess piece in college football and probably won't be in the NFL as he's relatively new to the position. He doesn't have breakaway game changing speed like other deep threats in this draft class and has to win early in his route before he can make a play. He possesses a limited route tree with only deep routes and shallow crosses being his go to routes and expanding his route tree in the NFL has to be priority #1. He's still developing when attacking zone coverage and finding holes on defense and this could be a learning curve for him very early in his NFL career. He's not a receiver that can take short dump offs or screens 80+ yards to the house and I question his ability to broke open games. $0% of his touchdowns came against Northern Illinois in 2021 mostly on deep throws or bust coverages and his nuance in getting open in the red zone needs to be more efficient. Western Michigan doesn't play against tough competition very often and when Moore had his chance against Michigan in 2021 he came up small in the contest and drafting in the hopes that he can be a potential game changer on the outside could be a fool's errand.
Skyy Moore has been one of the hottest prospects in the draft and if he can wow teams with a combine performance or pre-draft workout he could be a surprise early Day 2 pick, dark horse Day 1 pick, in the draft. Cooper Kupp is the most frequent comparison with and while I certainly am not going to even consider that notion, his production in college and certainly his tape show player that made lots of lemonade from very few lemons. Sky Moore needs a great combine to secure his spot as a Top 50 pick but even if he doesn't impress with athleticism, which he has plenty of to entice teams, he's still likely to find a home in the NFL and could be a productive player early in his career. His development at the position is relatively extraordinary and teams certainly are looking to find thekmselves potential diamonds in the rough.
At his size, he won't be the favorite for most contested catches and he has to get some separation in his routes in order to make plays. He wasn't a versatile chess piece in college football and probably won't be in the NFL as he's relatively new to the position. He doesn't have breakaway game changing speed like other deep threats in this draft class and has to win early in his route before he can make a play. He possesses a limited route tree with only deep routes and shallow crosses being his go to routes and expanding his route tree in the NFL has to be priority #1. He's still developing when attacking zone coverage and finding holes on defense and this could be a learning curve for him very early in his NFL career. He's not a receiver that can take short dump offs or screens 80+ yards to the house and I question his ability to broke open games. $0% of his touchdowns came against Northern Illinois in 2021 mostly on deep throws or bust coverages and his nuance in getting open in the red zone needs to be more efficient. Western Michigan doesn't play against tough competition very often and when Moore had his chance against Michigan in 2021 he came up small in the contest and drafting in the hopes that he can be a potential game changer on the outside could be a fool's errand.
Skyy Moore has been one of the hottest prospects in the draft and if he can wow teams with a combine performance or pre-draft workout he could be a surprise early Day 2 pick, dark horse Day 1 pick, in the draft. Cooper Kupp is the most frequent comparison with and while I certainly am not going to even consider that notion, his production in college and certainly his tape show player that made lots of lemonade from very few lemons. Sky Moore needs a great combine to secure his spot as a Top 50 pick but even if he doesn't impress with athleticism, which he has plenty of to entice teams, he's still likely to find a home in the NFL and could be a productive player early in his career. His development at the position is relatively extraordinary and teams certainly are looking to find thekmselves potential diamonds in the rough.