2021 Football Roster
Xavier Moore
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Winston-Salem, NC
- High School:
- Tracy HS
Moved from slot back to the right wide receiver position at Cal Poly prior to 2020 season ... listed No. 1 on the preseason depth chart.
2020 (Spring 2021) -- Started all three games at right wide receiver ... caught three passes for 43 yards ... no touchdowns ... season-high two catches versus UC Davis and made the other at Eastern Washington ... longest reception was 25 yards in the UC Davis contest.
2019 -- Played in all 11 games with six starts as a slot back ... rushed 17 times for 105 yards and caught three passes for 39 yards and one score ... season-high 57 yards rushing on just five carries at Southern Utah with a long of 21 yards ... his touchdown at Oregon State was an eight-yard catch from Jalen Hamler ... also caught passes in final two games of season against Eastern Washington and Northern Colorado ... averaged 21.6 yards on eight kickoff returns with a long of 59 yards in season opener versus San Diego ... landed on the Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team.
2018 -- Played in two games against Montana and Idaho State as a redshirt, preserving his redshirt under the new NCAA rule ... gained 11 yards on one carry against Montana ... no carries in 2019 Spring Game but caught a pair of passes for 10 yards, and a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was called back due to a block-in-the-back penalty.
High School -- Under head coach Matt Shrout at Tracy High School, Moore rushed for 309 yards and six touchdowns, caught 39 passes for 646 yards and five more scores and averaged 17.7 yards on 14 kickoff returns as a senior ... has run a 4.59 40, scored three touchdowns against Lincoln on runs of 3, 1 and 9 yards and also scored 26 points against Kimball with two rushing touchdowns, a pair of receiving scores and a two-point conversion run ... Moore led the Bulldogs to an 8-4 record, second-place finish in the Tri-City Athletic League and into the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Division I playoffs ... earned first-team All-TCAL honors as a running back and also was named MVP of the Passing Down's NorCal Regional ... earned the team's Weeks Award for highest grade-point average on the team (4.50) as well as the team's Tommy Greenhow Scholar Athlete for GPA and field performance ... also was named a San Joaquin Scholar-Athlete, won Diamond All-American Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, was invited to play in the Diamond All-American Game and finished in the top 8 percent of his 554-member senior class with a 4.5 grade-point average ... as a junior, Moore rushed for 316 yards and two scores, averaging 9.3 yards per carry, and caught six passes for 160 yards ... intercepted a pass on defense and earned second-team All-TCAL honors as a running back ... also recruited by Yale, Columbia, Azusa Pacific and UC Davis, Moore is coming to Cal Poly because "the atmosphere and area are unmatchable. In addition, I feel that, academically, Cal Poly is a great fit for me. I also love the small-town feel of San Luis Obispo, and it feels like home."
Personal -- Son of James Maynor and Jamie Canty ... three brothers, Kurtis Maynor, Adric Canyon and Parker Canty, and two sisters, Audrianna Moore and Roxanna Canty ... aspires to be successful and help others ... member of the National Society of Black engineers ... played just basketball until reaching high school ... born in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... majoring in general engineering.
