The Jets have added Ole Miss’s Elijah Moore to their wide receiver room.
Moore will likely be a slot receiver with the Jets, as he’s only 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds. However, the Jets didn’t draft Moore for his size, but rather for his explosiveness. He ran a 4.35-second 40-yard dash time at his pro day, which was seventh-best among players who ran the dash at their respective pro days.
The Ole Miss product had the best year of his college career in 2020. In just eight games, Moore recorded 86 catches for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns. He averaged 10.8 catches and 149.1 receiving yards per game, which was tops in all of college football.
Social media reacted well to the pick, as did Moore’s new quarterback, Zach Wilson.
LESSS GOOO. Time to get to work @e_moore03 so pumped for you bro! @nyjets
— Zachary Wilson (@zachkapono1) April 30, 2021
Let’s go man!! Look like a dog Jet up! https://t.co/b1deW0OmYb
— Justin Hardee Sr. (@jhardee_19) April 30, 2021
Remember that time Elijah Moore caught a 91-yard TD and Lane Kiffin launched his clipboard to Jupiter??
The #Jets got a great one.
pic.twitter.com/yF8hcToaHv— Blakey $HOGE (@BlakeyLocks) April 30, 2021
Corey Davis, Denzel Mims, Elijah Moore in this new offense pic.twitter.com/vBVP9o1Mog
— Justin Gray (@JGrayJets) April 30, 2021
Elijah Moore. Hello.pic.twitter.com/Ggf0zNbEU2
— Jets Videos (@snyjets) April 30, 2021
Elijah Moore is incredible. Thought he was a first-rounder. Desean Jackson comp from me. This is an A++++ move for the #jets
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) April 30, 2021
Elijah Moore to the jets didn’t expect that but then numbers gon be crazy
— D (@TherealDsmoovee) May 1, 2021
Elijah Moore’s route running is INSANE 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/wJ7A5IkAPB
— 𝙅𝙀𝙏𝙎 𝙈𝙀𝘿𝙄𝘼🛫 (@NYJets_Media) May 1, 2021
Bienvenido Elijah Moore, sin duda el WR que mis New York Jets necesitan, a romperla. #NFLDraft2021 pic.twitter.com/ge4l2SiIUf
— Rafa Romero (@rafuunka) May 1, 2021
.@ReggieWayne_17 compares new Jets WR Elijah Moore to Santana Moss—and Santana apparently agrees 👀
(@RocketMortgage) pic.twitter.com/6PeghrHyvR
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) April 30, 2021
