 Moss being named Offensive MVP of the 2023 Holiday Bowl | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 19, 2002 [1] Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California) |
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Miller Moss (born March 19, 2002) [1] is an American football quarterback for the USC Trojans.
Moss grew up in Santa Monica, California. [2] His father is award winning architect Eric Owen Moss, the founder of Culver City based Eric Owen Moss Architects. [3] [4] [2] His mother is a managing partner at the firm as well as a former architecture professor at the University of Southern California (USC). [5] [6] Moss attended Loyola High School of Los Angeles, becoming the first freshman to start at Quarterback for the Cubs. Moss later transferred to Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California. A four-star prospect, he committed to play college football at the University of Southern California. [7] [8]
Moss played in two games his first year at USC in 2021 and took a redshirt. [9] In 2022 and 2023, he was Caleb Williams's backup. After Williams sat out, Moss made his first start in the 2023 Holiday Bowl against Louisville. [10] [11] Moss led the Trojans to a 42–28 win and was named offensive MVP after throwing a Holiday Bowl-record six touchdowns.
After being named the starter for the 2024 season, Moss led his team to a Vegas Kickoff Classic win against the LSU Tigers, completing 27 of 36 passes for 378 yards and a touchdown. [12]
Moss is the son of Eric Owen Moss and Emily Kovner Moss. [13]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| USC Trojans | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 74 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 134.7 | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 159 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 | 204.7 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 1–0 | 46 | 65 | 70.8 | 681 | 10.5 | 7 | 1 | 191.2 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 2–0 | 48 | 66 | 72.7 | 607 | 9.2 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 |
| Career | 14 | 3 | 3–0 | 114 | 158 | 72.2 | 1,591 | 9.6 | 11 | 1 | 174.7 | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 2 |
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