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Denarius Moore was drafted in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Icon Sports Media, Inc.
Former Tennessee wide receiver Denarius Moore (2007-10) became the second Vol taken in the 2011 NFL Draft when the Oakland Raiders selected him Saturday in the fifth round with the 148th overall pick. With tight end Luke Stocker being selected earlier Saturday, the Vols have prepared multiple NFL draft picks in 46 of the last 47 years.
Moore is the first UT wideout to be selected in the NFL Draft since Robert Meachem went 27th overall to the New Orleans Saints in 2007. He is the 32nd UT wideout to be drafted all-time.
The 32nd UT wideout to be chosen all-time in the NFL Draft, Moore set the UT record along with Stocker for most games played by a position player with 52. Stocker was selected in the fourth round with the 104th overall pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Moore, a 2011 Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Game and 2007 Coaches’ Freshman All-SEC selection, caught 112 passes during his career for 2,004 yards, including 18 touchdowns, which ranks tied for fifth in UT annals. He is just the seventh Vol receiver to eclipse 2,000 career yards after posting the seventh-best season total (981) in school history as a senior.
The only 2010 player in the NCAA FBS to record a pair of 200-yard receiving games, Moore finished second in the nation’s top-100 receivers with a 20.9-yard average. Moore’s 228-yard performance at South Carolina ranked as the second most in UT history, fifth-highest total in the FBS and most in the SEC last season. The Tatum, Texas, native also posted 205 yards receiving vs. Kentucky in his Neyland Stadium finale, the fifth-highest figure by a Vol.
MOORE DRAFT NOTES
· 17th pick in the fifth round and 148th overall
· 32nd UT WR drafted and sixth since 2000 (Robert Meachem, 2007; Mark Jones, 2004; Kelley Washington, 2003; Donte’ Stallworth, 2002; Cedrick Wilson, 2001)
· Tennessee has prepared multiple NFL draft picks in 46 of the last 47 years, the only exception coming in 2009. Overall, 65 NFL Drafts have seen two or more Vols selected.
· Second receiver taken in the fifth round and 18th overall
· Moore joins fellow former Vol John Henderson (1999-2001) in Oakland
· 329th NFL draft pick from UT, which ranks as the most among SEC schools
· 62nd Vol drafted since 2000, which currently ranks second in the SEC
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