Former Tennessee quarterback Gaston Moore is essentially coming out of college football retirement to play for former Vols offensive coordinator Alex Golesh at South Florida.
On July 22, Moore signed with USF, according to numerous reports. He entered the transfer portal in December following UT’s 2024 season but didn’t join another team.
It was assumed that he had moved on after football. But now he’s a late addition for Golesh, who enters his third season at USF’s coach.
It is Moore’s third college program.
In 2020, Moore redshirted at UCF under coach Josh Heupel. In 2021, he followed Heupel by transferring to Tennessee as a walk-on.
Moore played four seasons with the Vols as a reserve quarterback who could operate Heupel’s offense. He was 26-of-44 passing for 273 yards, two TDs and three interceptions in 14 games, mostly as a backup to Joe Milton in 2023 and Nico Iamaleava in 2024.
When Moore left UT in late December, Iamaleava was set to return as the starting quarterback, and Jake Merklinger was stepping into the backup role. George MacIntyre had also arrived as an early signee.
Since then, Iamaleava transferred to UCLA, which led to UT’s quarterback competition heading into the 2025 season. Former Appalachian State standout Joey Aguilar transferred to UT from UCLA. He’ll compete with Merklinger and MacIntyre.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing atknoxnews.com/subscribe.
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