Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-12vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#1
Rod Moore
Senior safety on Michigan's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 198 lb · Clayton, OH · Northmont
CFB Index 50 · #273 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Michigan for 2026
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.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 506 nationally · Signed with Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Michigan's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2021.
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
-1.9own fans
10.1national conversation
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In Their Words
559 windows · 2026 fan posts
sherrone×483.0moore×23.9michigan×13.2rod×150.0fire×115.9embarrassing×156.9dollar×218.5coach×11.0
“Winning in 24 with Moore as head coach actually tips it more towards Michigan, that’s a disadvantage”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Rod Moore
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Rod Moore has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Michigan. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big Ten. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Oklahoma, Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
202110 games
- Signed with Michigan3-star out of Northmont
202310 games
- All-Big Tenthird
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Biff Poggi, and Kyle Whittingham. Multi-era developmental context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning
2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy
2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Michigan9-4HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning
2026Michigan2-0HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 17–10
vs Oklahoma
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With C. Brown — 42 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 51 LONG · B. Underwood — 111 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.4 · 87 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Michigan
Returning around him
- 6 Michigan players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -16 net (17 in / 33 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Michigan · Last season: 9-4 (AP #18) · Talent rank #11 · 2026 recruiting class #12
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2023 production profile sits closest to Chris Shearin’s 2023 season.
Matches Chris on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Shearin's junior season at UConn (2023).
Matches Chris on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Rod Moore
Background
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS CAREER HIGHS • Tackles: 14 - vs. Purdue (Dec. 3, 2022) • Solos: 9 - vs. Purdue (Dec. 3, 2022) • Asst: 5 - vs. Purdue (Dec. 3, 2022) • TFLs: 1.0, 2x - last at Penn State (Nov. 11, 2023) • Sacks: 0.5 - vs. Colorado State (Sept. 3, 2022) • Int: 1, 7x - last vs. Wiscons...
The secondary · Michigan
- #7Chris Bracy71 tackles · 2025
- #3Smith Snowden37 tackles · 2025
- Jyaire Hill36 tackles · 2025
- #10Zeke Berry33 tackles · 2025
- #1Rod Moore6 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Michigan team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology