DeAndre Moore Jr., No. 2 WR in 2023 class, committing to Louisville

The Louisville football recruiting class for 2023, already ranked among the best in the country, got a seismic jolt Tuesday, as wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. told ESPN that he is committing to the Cardinals.

Moore is ranked as the No. 17 overall player and No. 2 wide receiver in the Class of 2023.

According to ESPN Stats & Information, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Moore is the highest-rated player Louisville has signed in the ESPN 300 era, which began in 2006. Prior to the ESPN 300, Louisville signed highly regarded local players Michael Bush in 2003 and Brian Brohm in 2004.

Louisville's class is on a trajectory to be a landmark one for the school. Moore is the Cardinals' sixth ESPN 300 commitment, bolstering a class that ranks No. 6 nationally and No. 1 in the ACC. Louisville had six ESPN 300 commitments in its past five combined recruiting classes.

«We can build something there,» Moore told ESPN. «I can build something there with my family, my boys from California. We can get some more boys from out of state. We want to build this up and get Louisville back where it should be.»

Moore, who plays at Los Alamitos High School in California, picked the Cardinals over such school as USC, Alabama, Notre Dame and Georgia.

In the ESPN recruiting era, the highest a Louisville class has finished was No. 21 overall, in 2006. That was long enough ago that current Louisville director of recruiting Pete Nochta was a signee in that class.

Moore credited staff members like Nochta, coach Scott Satterfield and offensive coordinator Lance Taylor for fostering a family atmosphere in the program. He said on one of his two visits to the school, he went bowling and Taylor brought his wife, Jamie, and their two children. He said Satterfield's