Matt Moore (American football)

Matthew Erickson Moore (born August 9, 1984) is an American former professional quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and Oregon State Beavers before signing with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2007.

Moore was cut by the Cowboys before the start of the 2007 regular season, and subsequently joined the Carolina Panthers, where he spent the first four seasons of his professional career primarily as a backup. He joined the Miami Dolphins in 2011 where he would spend the majority of his career at eight seasons. He started the most games of his career at 12 during his first year with the Dophins before returning to a backup role for the rest of his tenure with the team. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019, where spent his final two seasons as a backup. He was notably part of the team that won Super Bowl LIV and spent most of the 2020 season on the practice squad.