#0 Shakeel Moore

Rivals.com Player Profile

Position: Guard

Height: 6-1

Weight: 190

Class: Graduate Student

Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.

High School: Moravian Prep

Previous School: N.C. State / Mississippi State

OVERVIEW:

Shakeel Moore, a fifth-year senior transfer from Mississippi State, signed with Kansas in early June 2024.

Moore played three seasons at Mississippi State after starting his college career at North Carolina State in 2020-21. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native has played in 124 games during his college career.

An interdisciplinary studies major, as a senior in 2023-24, Moore started 22 games and averaged 7.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 33 contests played at Mississippi State. He shot 46.8 percent from the floor, including 36.3 percent from three-point range. Moore scored in double figures in 13 games, including a season-high 16 points against Murray State on Dec. 13, 2023.

During his junior season, Moore was named to the 2022-23 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List that consisted of 15 players nationally. He averaged 9.8 points and 2.3 assists during his junior campaign at Mississippi State.

Moore averaged 8.8 points and started 29 of 34 games played his sophomore year at Mississippi State and 6.8 points in his lone season at N.C. State in 2020-21. For his career, Moore has scored 1,042 points with 336 rebounds, 250 assists, and 170 steals.

Moore played high school basketball at Piedmont Classical High School in Browns Summit, North Carolina for three seasons followed by Moravian Prep in Hickory, North Carolina for his senior campaign. While at Piedmont Classical, Moore was a part of three consecutive state championship teams in 2017, 2018, and 2019.