LSU’s offensive line found one of its steadier pieces in Braelin Moore last season, and now the center is back for year two in Baton Rouge.
Moore, listed at 6-foot-2 and 301 pounds, was one of the few reliable bright spots up front for LSU in 2025. He logged 623 offensive snaps across 12 starts and gave up just one sack, a strong return for a player who had to fight through a pair of injuries along the way.
That toughness showed up early and often. Moore suffered a high ankle sprain against Louisiana Tech, then bounced back the next week against Florida.
Later, a mid-foot sprain against Western Kentucky knocked him out until he returned for the Texas Bowl. Even with the setbacks, he kept coming back and kept anchoring the middle.
His path to LSU started at Virginia Tech, where he spent three seasons before transferring. He opened the 2023 season as the Hokies’ left guard and then moved to center in 2024, starting every game that year. By the time he arrived in Baton Rouge, he already had plenty of experience lining up in the trenches.
The scouting report on Moore points to exactly what LSU wants from a center: a physical presence, a steady communicator and a veteran who can hold things together inside. He’s described as a strong, agile blocker with quick recovery skills and plenty of experience.
The numbers back up the résumé. Moore enters his fifth season of college football having appeared in 40 games, with 36 starts overall - 12 at LSU and 24 at Virginia Tech. He has played 2,045 career snaps, including 1,395 at center, and has allowed only four sacks in his career, with one coming at LSU.
His LSU debut came in the road win over Clemson, where he earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors in the 17-10 victory. In 2025, he also played every offensive snap in eight games and turned in full-game workloads against Clemson, Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas, Alabama and Arkansas.
Before arriving at LSU, Moore was already a proven starter at Virginia Tech. In 2024, he started all 12 regular-season games at center and played 754 snaps, allowing only three sacks. He helped the Hokies average 178.4 rushing yards in his starts and paved the way for 1,000-yard rusher Bhayshul Taten.
A year earlier, he started 12 games at left guard as a redshirt freshman and missed only the Pitt game because of an injury. Virginia Tech finished 7-6 and beat Tulane in the Military Bowl, where the Hokies rushed for 362 yards, a school record for a bowl game.
Moore’s first college action came in 2022, when he appeared in four games and totaled 81 offensive snaps. He made his debut against West Virginia, then logged his heaviest workload against Pitt before playing against Miami and North Carolina State.
At Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moore played guard and defensive end for coach Jason Roeder. Freedom went 12-3 in the fall 2021 season, and Moore was ranked as the No. 19 high school player in Pennsylvania. He also tied for second in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference with 10 sacks that year.
Moore has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2025 and earned Academic All-ACC honors in 2023. He is majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Career high: 92 offensive snaps at Duke in 2024.
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