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Michigan WR Fredrick Moore on 2025 goals: 'I want to get 1,000 yards and make it back to the natty'

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Fredrick Moore
Michigan Wolverines football wide receiver Fredrick Moore caught his first career touchdown pass against Alabama. (Photo by Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Michigan Wolverines football didn’t have a wide receiver with more than 250 receiving yards in 2024, with the Maize and Blue possessing one of the least potent passing attacks in the nation (123.8 yards per game; 131st nationally).

Junior-to-be Fredrick Moore, however, broke out in the finale, a 19-13 victory over Alabama in the Dec. 31 ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The 6-foot-1, 181-pounder caught 3 passes for 37 yards, including a 13-yard grab in the end zone on a fade route from senior quarterback Davis Warren. That was the team’s lone touchdown of the game and went a long way in pulling off the upset.

PFF considered the first touchdown grab of Moore’s career a “contested catch,” one of only 14 that Michigan receivers made all season. That gave him an injection of added belief heading into the 2025 season, after he endured an up and down 2024 campaign. While Moore played well against Alabama, he only had 8 other receptions the entire season, and his 182 offensive snaps ranked fifth among the team’s wide receivers.

“It’s important to me, because it just built my confidence back,” Moore said of the touchdown. It helps me envision myself in the end zone more and more next year. I envision myself being in the end zone way more, making a name for myself. Keep being a friendly, reliable receiver for the QB.”

Now that it’s the offseason, Moore is ready to get to work.

“My next year, I plan on starting out grateful, as I did [against Alabama],” Moore said. “I plan on keep making plays, keep getting open, keep putting my head down and working, staying after it and getting extra work in.”

The St. Louis, Mo., native has set goals for the 2025 season.

“Everybody would say ‘keep grinding,’ but I at least want to get 1,000 yards and make it back to the natty,” Moore said of what he’s aiming for. “I’m gonna keep working in the offseason, I’m gonna get better at everything I lack in. I’m gonna keep getting in the film room and getting my FBI up — football intelligence — and keep working. Whatever God has planned for me.”

He also has high hopes for Michigan’s wide receiver room as a whole.

“The future of the wide receiver room is great,” Moore said. “We got a lot of guys that surround us with the ball. We know we got trust in Davis [Warren]. We can trust in [freshman quarterback] Bryce [Underwood]. We’re all gonna keep making plays when we get the opportunity.

Added Moore, of the Michigan offense’s outlook: “I know the unit is gonna be better than it was this year. I know it was not the year that we all hoped for and prayed for, but I know God is gonna keep seeing it through, and He’s gonna make us submit, and we’re gonna keep working for what we need to get to.”

Moore was also the recipient of two end-arounds against Alabama, rushing for 8 yards. He had 5 carries for 28 yards on the season and believes he brings versatility to the Michigan offense.

“I feel like I bring the gadget stuff,” the wideout explained. “I can do anything in this scheme. I can get open route running, I can block, I can get around the end on end arounds, I can sweep because I got the mobility and the hips to do everything. Keep working on the speed to get like [Detroit Lions wide receiver] Jamo [Williams, who went to the same high school as Moore, Cardinal Ritter] one day. I may break out a 4.3, but we’re gonna keep having fun, keep playing.”

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