Moten’s offers were Big Ten and ACC heavy - Duke, Virginia, Syracuse, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Penn State and others. In terms of football, Moten was given a four-star ranking by 247Sports as the 205th overall player in the nation, 18th safety and sixth in New Jersey. It was important to him to play baseball in college, and even ruled schools out if that wasn’t an option. However, the draft didn’t happen like normal due to the pandemic and Moten was never swayed by being drafted. Out of high school, Moten was projected to go as high as a top-10 round pick in the MLB Draft. Going into his recruitment, Moten considered baseball as well. The team finished 8-2 and won their final eight games.
In fact, Moten intended on playing both football and baseball when he first came to Michigan.ĭelran didn’t have great football seasons when Moten was a freshman and sophomore, but his junior and senior seasons were two of the best in recent Delran history.ĭuring his junior year, Delran finished 7-1, but Moten’s senior year was when they captured Delran’s first sectional championship since 1992.
Moten attended Delran High School in New Jersey, where he was a star football and baseball player. Moten is one of many Michigan Wolverines to come to Ann Arbor from New Jersey.