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DURHAM, N.C. — Duke’s football team and Washington High School graduate Terry Moore are just over halfway completed with their spring workouts.

Moore joined 16 starters and 39 lettermen in the first spring practice on March 24. Moore earned several postseason accolades for a 2024 campaign where he had 71 tackles, seven for loss, two caused fumbles and four interceptions, tops on the team. He earned Second Team All-ACC accolades and returns as one of the top safeties in the country for 2025.

The team held its eighth workout last Saturday. Three more workouts are scheduled for this week with four more the following week. The Blue & White Game will be held at noon on April 19 at Wallace Wade Stadium.

Defensive coordinator Jonathan Patke said that side of the ball is progressing but knows success isn’t guaranteed despite six starters returning, including Moore.

“I think people can underestimate continuity and how important it is to a staff and to the players,” Patke said to GoDuke.com, the school’s athletic website.

“There are no new faces. We’re a low-ego, high-output group. We’re all for one another. We all speak the same language. It all stems from Coach (Manny) Diaz. That’s how he treated me. That’s how we’re going to treat our staff. “When you don’t have to teach the staff the defense again, I think the continuity becomes better within the locker room and on our defense. Our players know who we’re going to be. They know what the call is going to be. I think it’s the most underrated thing in college football – the continuity of a staff.” 

Moore has already begun to get some praise before the 2025 season starts. PFF.com, a college football website, has Moore as the No. 7 returning safeties.

Max Chadwick wrote about Moore in part, “Moore has a silky smooth backpedal and flips his hips very well in coverage. That allows him to read quarterbacks’ eyes and break on the football at a high level.”