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Huskies Pick Up Fifth Transfer in ASU Edge Rusher Joe Moore

He started and had a pair of tackles in 45-38 upset of UW.

Dan Raley

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The University of Washington football team now has at least one player soon to be on the roster who won't mind at all in sharing how coach-less and otherwise short-handed Arizona State rose up and dealt the Huskies an unexpected midseason loss.

Joe Moore III, who on Monday afternoon was among a flurry of transfer portal players committing to the UW, was partially responsible for that desert disaster.

A 6-foot-3, 245-pound edge rusher, Moore was in the starting lineup for the Sun Devils when they sent the favored Huskies to a 45-38 defeat in October, their last loss in a 10-2 season. 

On that overcast day in Tempe, he collected a pair of tackles and was credited with 2 quarterback hurries involving the UW's Michael Penix Jr.

A St. Louis native, Moore will join a UW edge-rushing group that will return or welcome a bevy of talent in sophomore Bralen Trice, a first-team, All-Pac-12 selection; junior Zion Tupuola-Fetui, a first-team, All-Pac-12 pick in 2020; sophomore Sav'ell Smalls, a one-time 5-star recruit; Sioux Falls transfer and redshirt freshman Zach Durfee, though he has a large enough frame that could enable him to play an interior position; top incoming prospect Anthony James II from Wylie, Texas, who likewise could line up inside with more pounds; plus redshirt freshman Maurice Heims and freshman Lance "Showtime" Holtzclaw.

"1000% Committed to the University of Washington," Moore tweeted out, confirming his decision.

With two seasons of eligibility remaining, he comes to the Huskies after he primarily was used as a passing-down player (111 of 149 plays, or 74 percent) as a redshirt freshman in 2020. This past season, he started all 12 games for the Sun Devils and accumulated 24 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 6 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.

Moore is one of five players from the transfer portal who recently committed to the UW — three pledging on Monday alone — with the others Durfee; wide receiver Germie Bernard from Michigan State; tight end Josh Cuevas from Cal Poly; and linebacker Ralen Goforth from USC.

HUSKY 2023 COMMITMENTS

1. Tybo Rogers, RB, 5-11, 180, Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield)

2. Keith Reynolds, WR, 5-9, 170, Adelanto, Calif. (Adelanto)

3. Deven Bryant, LB, 6-0, 216, Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco)

4. Rashid Williams, WR, 6-2, 185, Pittsburg, Calif. (Pittsburg)

5. Jacob Lane, ER, 6-5, 230, Puyallup, Wash. (Emerald Ridge)

6. Diesel Gordon, CB, 6-1, 179, Arlington, Texas (Sequin)

7. Anthony James II, ER, 6-5, 265, Wylie, Texas (East Wylie)

8. Zach Henning, OL, 6-6, 275, Aurora, Colo. (Grandview)

9. Vincent Holmes, S, 6-1, 175, San Jacinto, Calif. (San Jacinto)

10. Jordan Whitney, LB, 6-2, 215, Oxnard, Calif. (Pacifica)

11. Elishah Jackett, OL, 6-7, 280, Orange, Calif. (El Modena)

12. Landon Hatchett, OL, 6-3, 292, Ferndale, Wash. (Ferndale)

13. Soane Faasolo, OL, 6-8, 270, Menlo, Calif. (Menlo-Atherton)

14. Leroy Bryant, CB, 6-0, 175, Fairfield, Calif. (Rodriguez)

15. Elinneus Davis, DL, 6-3, 295, Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead)

16. Curley Reed, CB, 6-1, 180, Lake Charles, La. (Lake Charles)

17. Kahlee Tafai, OL, 6-6, 307, Lawndale, Calif. (Leuzinger)

18. Thaddeus, Dixon, CB, 6-0, 187, La Mirada, Calif. (Long Beach City College)

19. Zach Durfee, ER, 6-6, 255, Dawson, Minn. (University of Sioux Falls)

20. Taeshaun Lyons, WR, 6-2, 165, Hayward, Calif. (Tennyson)

21. Germie Bernard, WR, 6-0, 200, Henderson, Nev. (Michigan State)

22. Ralen Goforth, LB, 6-2, 225, Long Beach, Calif. (USC)

23. Josh Cuevas, TE, 6-6, 245, Los Angeles, Calif. (Cal Poly)

24. Joe Moore III, ER, 6-3, 245, St. Louis, Mo. (Arizona State)

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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