Mark Quentin Moore (born September 3, 1964) is an American former professional
football
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player who was a
defensive back
In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...
in the
National Football League (NFL),
World League of American Football (WLAF) and
Canadian Football League (CFL).
Moore was born and raised in
Nacogdoches, Texas and played scholastically at
Nacogdoches High School.
He played
collegiately for the
Oklahoma State Cowboys,
where he was twice selected by the
Associated Press as a first-team
All-American.
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Moore was selected by the
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 as ...
in the fourth round of the
1987 NFL draft
The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987, at the Marriot Marq ...
.
He was with the Seahawks for one season, appearing in five games.
He spent the 1991 and 1992 WLAF seasons with the
New York/New Jersey Knights, recording 3
interceptions in 1992, returning one 29 yards for a
touchdown.
In between WLAF seasons, Moore appeared in one game with the
Calgary Stampeders of the CFL.
References
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1964 births
Living people
American football defensive backs
All-American college football players
Players of American football from Nacogdoches, Texas
Oklahoma State Cowboys football players
Seattle Seahawks players
New York/New Jersey Knights players
Calgary Stampeders players