Thaddeus Moss Shines for LSU With Two Touchdowns in National Championship

The son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss has three touchdown receptions in the College Football Playoff.

LSU tight end Thaddeus Moss continued his impressive College Football Playoff on Monday night, snagging two touchdown passes from LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. 

Moss’s second touchdown catch of the night gave LSU a 35-25 lead in the third quarter at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The NC State transfer previously caught a touchdown in the Tigers’ College Football Playoff semifinal win over Oklahoma on Dec. 28. 

Moss is continuing a family tradition of impressive production on the gridiron. His father, Randy, caught 156 touchdowns in 14 NFL seasons, earning six Pro Bowl nominations. Moss was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame in 2018.

The younger Moss has not always been a household name. He caught just six passes in five games with the Wolf Pack in 2016, his lone season at NC State. Moss sat out the 2017 season due to NCAA transfer rules, then missed the 2018 season due to a foot injury. The 249-pound tight end caught 42 passes prior to Monday night.

Follow along as Moss and Co. take on Clemson here

Report: Houston QB D’Eriq King Enters Transfer Portal

King played the first four games of 2019 before redshirting the remainder of the season.

Houston QB D’Eriq King announced Monday night that he has entered the transfer portal. 

“I’ve entered the portal I think it’s best for me and my family!” King said in a tweet. 

In late September, having already played four games, King announced that he was redshirting his senior season to preserve his final year of eligibility. 

“I came here to play football for the University of Houston and that is not changing,” King said in mid-September. “After carefully thinking through this process with my family and Coach (Dana) Holgorsen, I have decided the opportunity to redshirt this season gives me the best chance to develop as a player, earn my degree and set me up for the best success in the future.”

King passed for 663 yards and six touchdowns in the first four games of 2019 before taking advantage of a new NCAA rule that allows a player to appear in a maximum four games and still retain a year of eligibility. 

“It’s the best decision for him at this point,” his father, Eric King, said in September. “Very, very tough (decision). He’s got a lot of teammates riding on him. Sometimes you got to be a little self-centered and do what’s best for you.” 

In 2018, King passed for 2,982 yards and 36 touchdowns before being sidelined with a knee injury.

Houston went 4–8 in 2019, winning only one of its final five games. 

Former Clemson QB Kelly Bryant announced he would transfer after taking a redshirt after playing in the first four games of the season. Bryant is now the starting quarterback at Missouri.