Michigan football S Rod Moore cleared to run for first time since ACL tear
Michigan football S Rod Moore cleared to run for first time since ACL tear
A leader, team captain, and outright playmaker, big things were expected for Michigan football safety Rod Moore entering last season. However, at the outset of spring ball in 2024, Moore tore his ACL, precluding him from what looked like much of the ensuing year -- with hopes that he could be ready to go by the end. However, that's not exactly what happened.
It's unclear what Moore's setback was, but he didn't heal quite as quickly as many anticipated. Not only did he not return in the fall, but he was a no-go for all of spring ball in 2025. But head coach Sherrone Moore has been optimistic about the star fifth-year safety's return at the outset of the upcoming slate beginning in August.
And now that dream looks ever closer to becoming a reality.
Moore took to Instagram on Tuesday to share that for the first time since April 2024, he's been cleared to run -- a huge first step towards him taking the field in 2025.
If Moore is able to go, Michigan would have a safety rotation featuring him, Brandyn Hillman, Mason Curtis, TJ Metcalf, Tevis Metcalf, Jaden Mangham, Kainoa Winston, Jordan Young, and Elijah Dotson.
"Rod's trending in a super positive direction. Feels like he's going to be in a great place just for summer workouts, and be working his way in the fall camp," head coach Sherrone Moore said after spring ball. "So excited, man. I mean, a guy who's went through so much, went through the whole year, sat out and watched him be a leader off the field, and what he did, and how he's been now, and he's felt the best he's ever felt, because he had to have another surgery that really took care of the rest of it, and he's felt the best he's ever felt. He ran, and he's in a good place."
Of course, Moore's biggest moment came in the 2023 iteration of The Game when he sealed the victory over Ohio State by picking off quarterback Kyle McCord. But he's been a solid mainstay for the Wolverines since he started getting early run as a true freshman, starting with the Penn State game in 2021.
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