Miller Moss is a quarterback and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who finished his collegiate career with the Louisville Cardinals after spending four seasons with the USC Trojans. A native of Santa Monica, California, Moss was a four-star recruit ranked 112th nationally in the 2021 class and committed to USC, where he spent his first two seasons as a backup behind eventual Heisman Trophy winner and first overall pick Caleb Williams. He burst onto the national scene in the 2023 Holiday Bowl, starting in place of Williams and throwing a Holiday Bowl record six touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over Louisville, earning Offensive MVP honors and signaling his readiness to take over the program. He started nine games for the Trojans in 2024, completing 233 of 362 passes for 2,555 yards with 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions while leading USC over a ranked LSU team with a game-winning drive. He transferred to Louisville for his final season in 2025 and guided the Cardinals to an 8-4 regular season record and a Boca Raton Bowl championship, finishing with 2,679 passing yards and 25 total touchdowns including 16 passing scores and nine rushing touchdowns while completing 64.2 percent of his throws and earning Boca Raton Bowl MVP honors. He graduated from USC in two years and was invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.
Standing 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds, Moss is known for one of the quickest releases in the draft class that allows him to beat pressure and deliver accurate timing throws consistently across all levels of the field, an advanced understanding of pre-snap coverages and defensive structures that allows him to execute protection calls and find the open receiver with efficiency, reliable touch and placement on intermediate and play-action concepts that he demonstrated across both a major Pac-12 program and an ACC system with full audible responsibilities, and the competitive poise to engineer game-winning situations as validated by multiple clutch drives throughout his career. His arm strength is adequate but not elite on deep throws, and he provides limited rushing value. NFL evaluators project him as a developmental backup quarterback at the next level with the football IQ and processing speed to develop into a reliable emergency starter in a timing-based or play-action-heavy system.
