{"id":767935,"date":"2026-02-22T02:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/767935\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:27:17","slug":"rondale-moore-former-trinity-high-school-star-and-nfl-wr-dies-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/767935\/","title":{"rendered":"Rondale Moore, former Trinity High School star and NFL WR, dies at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rondale Moore<\/a>, a former Trinity High School<\/a> football star who went on to play wide receiver in the NFL, died Saturday.<\/p>\n

Matthew Tomlin, Floyd County (Indiana) coroner, confirmed Moore\u2019s death Saturday night. Moore was 25.<\/p>\n

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Tomlin said the cause of death is under investigation and an autopsy will be performed Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no current threat to the public,\u201d Tomlin said.<\/p>\n

Tomlin said Moore was transferred to Baptist Floyd Hospital in New Albany and died there. Tomlin said he was informed of Moore\u2019s death at 6:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Moore was a second-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> in the 2021 NFL Draft and played for the Cardinals for three seasons (2021-23). He was traded to the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> but missed the entire 2024 season after suffering a knee injury during training camp. He was traded to the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> in 2025 and once again suffered a season-ending knee injury during a preseason game against the Houston Texans.<\/p>\n

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Moore was a first-team All-State selection as a senior at Trinity in 2017 an went on to play three seasons at Purdue (2018-20).<\/p>\n

As a freshman at Purdue in 2018, he caught 114 passes for 1,258 yards and 12 touchdowns, was a consensus first-team All-American and won the Paul Hornung Award as the nation\u2019s most versatile player.<\/p>\n

University of Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm<\/a>, who coached Moore at Purdue, released the following statement on X:<\/p>\n

\u201cRondale Moore was a complete joy to coach. The ultimate competitor that wouldn\u2019t back down from any challenge. Rondale had a work ethic unmatched by anyone. A great teammate what would come through in any situation. We all loved Rondale. We loved his smile and competitive edge that always wanted to please everyone he came in contact with. We offer all of our thoughts and prayers to Rondale and his family. We love him very much.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story may be updated.<\/p>\n

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Rondale Moore obit, former Trinity High School, Minnesota Vikings WR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rondale Moore, a former Trinity High School football star who went on to play wide receiver in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[390,254,109211,7,253,109210,259,6,15,46431,8266,1459,109209],"class_list":{"0":"post-767935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-floyd-county","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-matthew-tomlin","14":"tag-minnesota-vikings","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-draft","17":"tag-rondale","18":"tag-rondale-moore","19":"tag-tomlin","20":"tag-trinity-high-school"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116111923631760740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}