Among the 13 Texas A&M players invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, running back Le’Veon Moss, who dealt with injury issues throughout his career in College Station, did not participate in any drill or workout after sustaining a lower-body injury that kept him sidelined all but half a game during the second half of the 2025 season.
Going back to the 2024 season, Moss, who took over as the bell cow every-down starter after Rueben Owens was lost for the year, quickly became one of the most reliable playmakers in the SEC, averaging 6.3 yards per carry while logging three 100-plus yard games before his season-ending knee injury during the Aggies’ road loss to South Carolina essentially derailed the season.
After producing 765 yards and ten touchdowns during nine games in 2024, Moss returned from injury during, but did not participate in most of the 2025 spring season, as coach Mike Elko opted to keep his star back sidelined in order to avoid potential “wear and tear” before fall camp, but was limited to just three carries during the 2025 opener against UTSA.
However, the Louisiana native quickly bounced back, with his best game coming during the Aggies’ 16-10 win over Auburn, where he rushed for a season-high 139 yards and a touchdown, but during Texas A&M’s blowout home win vs. Florida, Moss sustained another lower-body injury that kept him sidelined for the rest of the regular season.
Moss’s late-season return against Miami in the CFP resulted in him leaving the game early after just seven carries for 15 yards, putting an end to his Texas A&M career. While Moss is expected to be fully healthy by this time next fall, it’s hard to gauge where he will land in the 2026 NFL Draft, and, per Pro Football Focus, he is now considered a “sleeper” for teams willing to take a chance on him in the later rounds.
Moss is a similarly well-rounded running back with three-down potential. When he was healthy, he was among the better graded running backs of the class. His 90.9 PFF run grade was fourth-best among the top-20 rookies in the class, only behind Jeremiyah Love, Kaytron Allen and Jonah Coleman. His 3.7 yards after contact per attempt also ranked fourth best, while his 32.6% first down or touchdown rate ranked second.
The reason Moss will likely get drafted later is injury concerns. He tore his ACL and MCL in 2024 and then a leg injury cost him the second half of 2025. He didn’t participate in the combine due to the injury. He may be more susceptible to injury, or he could have just been unlucky, but that will likely be enough to make him a pick on day three rather than Day 2. It’s also possible he won’t be the same player once he’s back from injury.
Moss is the perfect kind of player to take in the middle of dynasty drafts because his upside is to work out in a big way as a three-down running back, but his downside is that he won’t have any fantasy value. That is a better gamble than those with a higher floor but a lower ceiling.
ACL and MCL injuries for both running backs and wide receivers have been an issue, but given Moss’s experience, elite footwork, vision, and second-level burst, taking a chance on the former Aggie star is well worth the risk.
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