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Georgia Tech reserve defensive back to transfer

The NCAA’s transfer portal opens Friday.
D.J. Moore scores on a long pass for Team Wreck 'Em in the second half during Georgia Tech's spring football game in Atlanta on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Bob Andres for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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D.J. Moore scores on a long pass for Team Wreck 'Em in the second half during Georgia Tech's spring football game in Atlanta on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Bob Andres for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Georgia Tech defensive back D.J. Moore announced on X on Monday that he plans to enter the NCAA’s transfer portal.

Moore has spent three seasons at Tech and battled numerous injuries. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound graduate of Archer High School played 32 snaps this past season, 19 on defense and 13 on special teams.

A three-star recruit, according to the 247Sports Composite, in the class of 2022, Moore appeared in two games as a freshman on special teams in 2022. He missed the first eight games of 2024 before switching positions from wide receiver to defensive back and played in four games.

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Moore joins quarterback Aaron Philo, offensive linemen Peyton Joseph, Ben Galloway and Tana Alo-Tupuola, and linebacker Melvin Jordan IV as players who have announced their intentions to transfer. The NCAA’s transfer portal opens Friday.

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