Elijah Moore's another in the group of wide receivers in this draft class that are small in stature, but run with elite speed.
Moore stands 5'9" and 178 lbs. He ran a 4.32 second 40 at Ole Miss Pro Day.
While the wheels certainly burn, there are some concerns about Moore's ability to handle the physical play he may see from defensive backs in the NFL.
"I don't really feel my size has anything to do with beating press coverage," Moore said following his Pro Day. "You just go in with a plan and have a plan for your plan. Whenever someone feels like they have a plan for what you're about to do, you come up with something else. Just always coming in with more than one plan and just being a smart player. I feel like being a receiver, you kind of just work off what the DB gives you. I feel like that's an area I'm not going to struggle at all."
His size also has some wonder if he can only play in the slot at the next level. Moore feels if his game isn't at the point to be able to do that now, it will be in short order.
"I love learning positions," Moore said. "I'm going to learn to embrace wherever you put me. I'm very open. I love to be coached. I'm going to work extremely hard. If I'm not good at it now, I'm going to be good at it later. I'm just going to embrace wherever you guys put me. I'm going to be in a position to where I want to be good at everything, not just one thing."
From a production standpoint, few were at the level of Moore this past season. In just 8 games he reeled in 86 receptions for 1,193 yards, both ranking second in the nation. His per game averages of 10.8 RPG and 149.1 YPG ranked first. Moore added 8 receiving touchdowns to his stat line as well. Those numbers earned him Consensus All-American honors as well as being named a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the best wide receiver in college football.
He credits his breakout year a lot to the knowledge passed along to him by Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin.
"The capacity to hold plays," Moore explained. "Kiffin would allow me to learn one extra play, whether it was the running back or he even allowed me to sit in on meetings with other people. With my quarterback, with my running backs, with my tight ends just to learn football as a whole. I definitely uses the quarantine and COVID in general as time to excel and learn football to where when I'm in this position, I was knowing just as much as the scouts or even close to it because the more you know the faster you can play."
"Just learning football," Moore added. "He allowed me to see a defense now. Now, for example, when we're going to games and we're playing Bama and they're linebackers are playing so close, why the run is working. Just the little small things where I wasn't seeing before. I actually understood the saying 'See a little, see a lot. See a lot, see nothing.' So it definitely made sense."
Moore also returned kickoffs and punts at Ole Miss, averaging 18.5 yards per kick return and 4.9 yards per punt return over his three seasons with the Rebels.
He is projected to be a 2nd round selection.