Louis Moore

Senior defensive back for Indiana. 2025: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

DB · Indiana · Sr. · #7

5′11″ · 200 lb · Mesquite, TX

CFB Index 86 · #19 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceNational watchReturning to Indiana for 2026

On production he ranks #19 of 544 safeties; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Interceptions: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 90 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Backed by 13 tackles -- top 1% tackles game. -- Best game: 1 INT, 8 tackles, at Oregon

The play that turned itSwung Indiana from 35% to 66% to win.Akron at Indiana · 29-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Indiana. 2025: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 90 tackles.

Signed with Indiana in 2022.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Indiana in 2025.
Named All-America (SI) in 2025.

The full story, with sources

Louis Moore

DB · Indiana · Sr · #7

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Louis Moore has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-America (CBS). One game to point at: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Michigan State — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #19 of 544?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct

Tackles#86 / 2975 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#128 / 2975 · 96th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home10g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-79g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	5.4	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #19 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #19 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #2 of 77 Big Ten DBs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	90	45	2.5	0.0	3	5	--
2024	Ole Miss	37	17	2.0	0.5	1	--	--
2023	Indiana	84	60	1.0	0.0	1	3	--
2022	Indiana	9	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		220	128	6.5	1.5	5	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 13–10

at Ohio State

6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With F. Mendoza — 222 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.2 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · C. Becker — 6 rec · 126 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 16 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-14vs Old Dominion	7	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Kennesaw State	7	5	1.5	1	0
Wk 3	W 73-0vs Indiana State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Illinois	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 20-15@ Iowa	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 30-20@ Oregon	8	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 38-13vs Michigan State	11	6	0.5	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 9	W 56-6vs UCLA	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 55-10@ Maryland	2	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 27-24@ Penn State	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-7vs Wisconsin	6	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 56-3@ Purdue	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 13-10@ Ohio State	6	3	0.5	1	0
Bowl	W 38-3vs Alabama	2	1	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 56-22vs Oregon	5	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 27-21vs Miami	7	4	0.0	—	1
Total		90	45	2.5	5	3

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

16 games

90Tackles

45Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

5INT

90 tackles. 3 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 11 PD
Week 11 PD
Week 21 INT
Week 41 PD
Week 71 INT
Week 101 INT
Week 151 INT

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Indiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Indiana

Returning around him

8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (17 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #29

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khoury Bethley’s 2022 season.

Khoury Bethley

84%match

Arizona State · 2022

Tywan Francis

Colorado State · 2021

82%

Myles Heard

Louisiana Tech · 2023

78%

Maxen Hook

Toledo · 2021

All-MAC

78%

Jordan Lee

Nevada · 2021

77%

Matches Khoury on

Tackle volume

PD rate

Weight

Differs from Khoury on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Myles Heard's senior season at Louisiana Tech (2023).

Myles Heard

88%match

Louisiana Tech · 2023

Jusfin Meyers

Georgia Southern · 2025

81%

Jack Howell

Colorado State · 2024

All-Mountain West

81%

Jaden Voisin

South Alabama · 2024

All-Sun Belt

80%

Devyn Bobby

Baylor · 2025

78%

Matches Myles on

Class year

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Louis Moore

Trey Washington

Ole Miss · 2023

88%

Giuseppe Sessi

Navy · 2025

83%

Ashton Whitner

Ball State · 2025

82%

Tyrone Lewis

Louisiana · 2023

79%

Andre Sam

LSU · 2023

77%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Louis Moore

Fans hotter than the country

20225 games

20249 games

202516 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

National watch / fringe AA

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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