#33

Riley Moss

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2022: 1 interception, 10 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

DB · Iowa · Sr. · #33

6′1″ · 193 lb · Ankeny, IA

CFB Index 59 · #118 of 322 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 20, #83 overall

The story

Former defensive back at Iowa. 2022: 1 interception, 10 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Iowa in 2018.
Drafted round 3 by the Denver in 2023.
Named All-America (CBS) in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2732 nationally · Signed with Iowa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Iowa, 156 tackles, an All-American season (2021) — drafted at #83 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20187 games

Signed with Iowa2-star out of Ankeny Centennial

202110 games

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-Big Tenfirst
Big Ten Tatum–Woodson Defensive Back of the Yearwinner

202212 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2023

Drafted by Denverround 3, pick 83

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2732 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #83

Denver · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2021)

2 selectors honored him

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 4th NFL season

#83Rd 3 · Pick 20

DenverEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 43-18 over that span.

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #118 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#38 / 2755 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#523 / 2755 · 80th pct

Tackles#686 / 2755 · 75th pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	3.8	0.2	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #118 of 322 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #118 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa	45	30	1.0	10	1	--
2021	Iowa	39	34	3.0	5	4	--
2020	Iowa	43	33	0.5	4	2	--
2019	Iowa	5	5	1.0	3	2	--
2018	Iowa	24	20	0.0	3	2	--
Career		156	122	5.5	25	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 13–10

at Minnesota

2 PD · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

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

With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 56 LONG · S. Petras — 221 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 7-3vs South Dakota State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-10vs Iowa State	9	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 27-10@ Rutgers	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 14-27vs Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 6-9@ Illinois	6	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-54@ Ohio State	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 33-13vs Northwestern	5	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 24-3@ Purdue	1	1	0.0	—	3
Wk 11	W 24-10vs Wisconsin	2	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 12	W 13-10@ Minnesota	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	L 17-24vs Nebraska	4	2	0.0	—	0
Total		45	30	1.0	1	10

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