Moats Article Brings Back Memories of The Good Old Days
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:52 pmexcerpt from DMN article
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When it came time to find a college, Moats received several offers and initially committed to Southern Methodist University. But SMU had no scholarships for Moats, and his SAT scores threatened to hold him back.
"He was walking around the school the entire semester with little 3-by-5 cards," Porter said. "He was memorizing vocabulary words and their meanings."
He got the score he needed and got a scholarship to Louisiana Tech, where he quickly became a star. But his elusiveness to would-be tacklers proved a remarkable contrast to his smiling accessibility to the little guys on campus.
"I was just a walk-on, and he would still come and say hi to me every single day," said James Lott, a middle linebacker for Tech during those years. "He was just a very nice guy."
It was at Tech where Moats met his wife, Tamishia, who was on the dance team.
Tamishia was crowned Miss Louisiana Tech in 2001 and Miss Black Louisiana USA in 2004.
During Moats' junior year, he entered the NFL draft. The Philadelphia Eagles picked him in the third round in 2005. Just before his first preseason game, he asked Tamishia to marry him. "I proposed to her and scored two touchdowns," Moats said. "It was a happy, happy day for me."
aka How to Blow Opportunities to Recruit NFL Talent
When it came time to find a college, Moats received several offers and initially committed to Southern Methodist University. But SMU had no scholarships for Moats, and his SAT scores threatened to hold him back.
"He was walking around the school the entire semester with little 3-by-5 cards," Porter said. "He was memorizing vocabulary words and their meanings."
He got the score he needed and got a scholarship to Louisiana Tech, where he quickly became a star. But his elusiveness to would-be tacklers proved a remarkable contrast to his smiling accessibility to the little guys on campus.
"I was just a walk-on, and he would still come and say hi to me every single day," said James Lott, a middle linebacker for Tech during those years. "He was just a very nice guy."
It was at Tech where Moats met his wife, Tamishia, who was on the dance team.
Tamishia was crowned Miss Louisiana Tech in 2001 and Miss Black Louisiana USA in 2004.
During Moats' junior year, he entered the NFL draft. The Philadelphia Eagles picked him in the third round in 2005. Just before his first preseason game, he asked Tamishia to marry him. "I proposed to her and scored two touchdowns," Moats said. "It was a happy, happy day for me."