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Born: | Union City, Tennessee, U.S. | December 25, 1996||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||
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High school: | Union City | ||
College: | Middle Tennessee (2015–2019) | ||
Position: | Safety | ||
Undrafted: | 2020 | ||
Career history | |||
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Jo'Vante Moffatt (born December 25, 1996) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Middle Tennessee.
High school and college career
[edit]Moffatt's high school football team, the Union City Golden Tornadoes, won consecutive Class 1A Tennessee state championships in his junior and senior seasons (2013 and 2014). In college, Moffatt was a member of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders for five seasons. He had 36 tackles with an interception, five passes broken and a forced fumble in his senior season before suffering shoulder injury and using a medical redshirt. As a redshirt senior, Moffat led the Blue Raiders with 98 tackles and three interceptions and was named honorable mention All-Conference USA. Moffatt finished his collegiate career with 313 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 17 passes defended and five interceptions.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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5 ft 11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m) |
213 lb (97 kg) |
30+7⁄8 in (0.78 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day[2] |
Cleveland Browns
[edit]Moffatt was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 NFL Draft on April 25, 2020.[3] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on July 26, 2020,[4] and was activated nine days later.[5] He was waived during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020, and was signed to the team's practice squad the next day.[6][7] The Browns promoted Moffatt to their active roster on September 29, 2020.[8] He was placed back on the COVID list on January 8, 2021,[9] and activated the next day.[10]
Moffatt was waived by the Browns on August 31, 2021.[11] Moffatt was re-signed to the Browns' practice squad on September 1, 2021.[12] The Browns elevated Moffatt to their active roster on October 9, 2021.[13] He reverted to the Browns' practice squad on October 11, 2021. Moffatt was elevated to the active roster a second time on October 30, 2021; he reverted to the practice squad on November 1, 2021. Moffatt was elevated to the active roster again on December 11, 2021.[14] Moffatt was elevated to the active roster once more as a COVID-19 replacement player on December 24, 2021.[15]
New York Jets
[edit]On January 26, 2022, Moffatt signed a reserve/future contract with the New York Jets.[16] He was waived on July 27, 2022.[17]
Cleveland Browns (second stint)
[edit]On July 29, 2022, Moffatt was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns.[18] Moffatt was waived by the Browns on August 29, 2022.[19]
Atlanta Falcons
[edit]On September 19, 2022, Moffatt was signed to the Atlanta Falcons practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on November 8.[20] On December 31, Moffat was placed on season–ending injured reserve.[21] He was waived on April 14, 2023.[22]
Arizona Cardinals
[edit]On April 17, 2023, Moffatt was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals.[23] He was waived on August 30, 2023 and re-signed to the practice squad. He was released on September 22.
References
[edit]- ^ Spears, Joseph (April 25, 2020). "Middle Tennessee State safety Jovante Moffatt signs undrafted free agent deal with Cleveland Browns". Daily News Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ "2020 NFL Draft Scout Jovante Moffatt College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Spears, Joseph. "Middle Tennessee State safety Jovante Moffatt signs undrafted free agent deal with Cleveland Browns". The Daily News Journal.
- ^ "Browns place 2 players on Reserve/COVID-19 list". ClevelandBrowns.com. July 26, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "Browns activate RB Dontrell Hilliard, S Jovante Moffatt". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "NFL cuts for all 32 teams: Who's in and who's out". ESPN.com. September 5, 2020.
- ^ "Presenting the initial Cleveland Browns practice squad for 2020". September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Browns sign S Jovante Moffatt from the team's practice squad". September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Browns make roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. January 8, 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Browns activate 3 players, make other roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. January 9, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ Gribble, Andrew (August 31, 2021). "Browns announce initial 53-man roster heading into 2021 season". ClevelandBrowns.com.
- ^ "Browns sign 11 to practice squad". ClevelandBrowns.com. September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Browns make roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Browns make roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 11, 2021. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "Browns activate 5 players from reserve/COVID-19 list, make other roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 24, 2021.
- ^ Greenberg, Ethan (January 26, 2022). "Jets Sign S Jovante Moffatt to Reserve/Future Contract". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Allen, Eric (July 27, 2022). "Jets Sign DB Luq Barcoo; Release DB Jovante Moffatt". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Browns claim S Jovante Moffatt". ClevelandBrowns.com. July 29, 2022. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
- ^ "Browns reduce roster to 73 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 29, 2022.
- ^ Bair, Scott (November 8, 2022). "Falcons place offensive lineman on IR, sign safety off practice squad among other roster moves". AtlantaFalcons.com.
- ^ Bair, Scott (December 31, 2022). "Falcons make flurry of roster moves heading into Week 17 contest vs. Cardinals". AtlantaFalcons.com.
- ^ @ScottBairNFL (April 14, 2023). "Official Atlanta Falcons moves from Friday. The team has signed OLB Bud Dupree and has released OLB Quinton Bell, DL Amani Bledsoe and S Jovante Moffatt" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Urban, Darren (April 17, 2023). "Cardinals Awarded Jovante Moffatt Off Waivers". AZCardinals.com.