Riley Moss: DB · Iowa · #33.
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Riley Moss
Erases the deep middle of the field. Rated a two-star prospect, with five seasons of snaps at Iowa since. All-Big Ten in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Iowa State — Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 10 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 7-3vs South Dakota State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-10vs Iowa State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 27-0vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Rutgers | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-27vs No. 4 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-9@ Illinois | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-54@ No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-13vs Northwestern | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-3@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 13-10@ Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24vs Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL45 tackles · 1 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 43-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.5%
348 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
58.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #118 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 156 tackles, an All-American season (2021) — drafted at #83 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2021)
named by 2 selectors
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 4th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 4th NFL season
