Senior running back for Duke. 2025: 201 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′10″ · 205 lb · Live Oak, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
1 TD · 4.9 per carry · 5 catches
Best game: 44 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Elon
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Duke. 2025: 201 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
How he plays
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Explosive rate: 61st percentile.
The full scouting readJaquez Moore
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Jaquez Moore has been at Duke through four head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 56 rush yds against California — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor, and Manny Diaz. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / carry (5th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 20.5 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 29.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 25.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 22.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #283 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #37 of 38 ACC RBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-17vs Elon | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-45vs Illinois | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-34@ Tulane | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-33vs NC State | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-3@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-21@ California | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 32 | Season-high 56 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 34-37@ UConn | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | W 42-39vs Arizona State | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 41 | 201 | 4.1 | 1 | 32 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (5.4%).
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Duke
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nathaniel Peat’s 2022 season.
Matches Nathaniel on
Differs from Nathaniel on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Roman Hemby's graduate season at Indiana (2025).
Matches Roman on
Differs from Roman on
Player DNA