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Kyle Moore

Class: Senior Hometown: Kathleen, GA High School: Houston County

Height / Weight: 6-6 / 270 Position: DE Birthdate: 10/25/1986 Experience: 3V

2008: Moore returns for his second season as a starting defensive end as a senior in 2008. He had arthroscopic surgery on his knee prior to 2008 spring practice, which limited him in spring drills.

2007: Moore did a solid job while starting at defensive end as a junior in 2007. Overall in 2007 while appearing in all 13 games and starting 11 (all but Idaho and Arizona State), he had 35 tackles, including 3.5 for losses of 29 yards (with 2 sacks for 20 yards), plus 2 interceptions that he returned 38 yards (19.0 avg.), 5 deflections, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery. He had 3 takeaways in USC's first 3 games of 2007.

He had 4 tackles against Idaho (including a sack in which he forced a fumble that he recovered) and a deflection. He had 2 tackles and returned an interception 24 yards to set up a USC TD at Nebraska. Against Washington State, he had 2 tackles, an interception (which led to a USC field goal) and a deflection. He had 4 tackles (1 for a loss) at Washington, 6 tackles versus Stanford, and a tackle and 2 deflections against Arizona. He added 6 tackles (0.5 sack) and a deflection at Notre Dame, 1 tackle at Oregon, 4 tackles (0.5 for a loss) against Oregon State, 1 tackle at California, 2 stops at Arizona State and 2 tackles (0.5 for a loss) against UCLA.

2006: Moore was an often-used backup defensive end as sophomore in 2006. Overall in 2006 while appearing in all 13 games, he had 5 tackles and a deflection. He had 2 stops at Stanford.

2005: Moore served as a backup defensive end as a first-year freshman in 2005. Overall in 2005 while appearing in 11 games (he sprained his right knee in the Hawaii opener and missed the Arkansas and Oregon games), he made 6 tackles and recovered a team-high 2 fumbles. He had 3 tackles against UCLA. His fumble recoveries came at Hawaii (to set up a USC TD) and California.

HIGH SCHOOL: He was a 2004 Parade All-American, USA Today All-USA first team, EA Sports All-American first team, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Student Sports Top 100, Rivals 100, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Tom Lemming All-American, Super Prep All-Dixie, Prep Star All-Southeast, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 and Georgia Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior defensive lineman at Houston County High in Warner Robins (Ga.). He had 93 tackles, 22 sacks, 18 deflections, 8 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 1 blocked punt (for a touchdown) in 2004.

As a junior in 2003, he made All-Middle Georgia, All-Region and All-County while getting 110 tackles, 23 tackles for loss and 15 sacks.

PERSONAL: He's a sociology major at USC. He was born in Germany and lived in Europe and Texas before moving to Georgia.

GAME-BY-GAME WITH KYLE MOORE

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