Jovante Moffatt

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Jo'Vante Moffatt
Personal information
Born: (1996-12-25) December 25, 1996 (age 27)
Union City, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:213 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school: Union City
College: Middle Tennessee (2015–2019)
Position: Safety
Undrafted: 2020
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:10
Player stats at PFR

Jo'Vante Moffatt (born December 25, 1996) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Middle Tennessee.

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High school and college career

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

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "2020 NFL Draft Scout Jovante Moffatt College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Spears, Joseph. "Middle Tennessee State safety Jovante Moffatt signs undrafted free agent deal with Cleveland Browns". The Daily News Journal.
  4. ↑ "Browns place 2 players on Reserve/COVID-19 list". ClevelandBrowns.com. July 26, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Browns activate RB Dontrell Hilliard, S Jovante Moffatt". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ "NFL cuts for all 32 teams: Who's in and who's out". ESPN.com. September 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Presenting the initial Cleveland Browns practice squad for 2020". September 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Browns sign S Jovante Moffatt from the team's practice squad". September 30, 2020.
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  15. ↑ "Browns activate 5 players from reserve/COVID-19 list, make other roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 24, 2021.
  16. ↑ Greenberg, Ethan (January 26, 2022). "Jets Sign S Jovante Moffatt to Reserve/Future Contract". NewYorkJets.com.
  17. ↑ 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.
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  19. ↑ "Browns reduce roster to 73 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. August 29, 2022.
  20. ↑ Bair, Scott (November 8, 2022). "Falcons place offensive lineman on IR, sign safety off practice squad among other roster moves". AtlantaFalcons.com.
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  22. ↑ @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.
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