Jeremiah Moon reunites with Florida fan turned Marine
Six years ago, former Florida linebacker Jeremiah Moon made a fan’s day after a home game. This past weekend, that same fan made his.
During his redshirt freshman season in 2017, Moon met Jacob Long and gave him his cleats. They crossed paths in a unique way on Sunday.
Long is now a Marine and was in the flyover crew at the Baltimore Ravens game. Moon is in his second year with the team as an outside linebacker.
The two reunited after the game, with Moon sharing pictures from their past and latest interactions on social media and a video of Long’s flyover.
“I was able to meet him and his family and sign the same pair of cleats,” Moon wrote. “Crazy how life works!”
Moon signed with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent and spent his rookie year on the practice squad. This season, he was promoted to the active roster on September 23 and made his NFL debut in an overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts, logging five tackles.
Moon played in four games in early 2023 as a member of the 53-man roster and had a forced fumble against Pittsburgh. After being reassigned to the practice squad in late October, he was once again elevated to the active roster on Dec. 19.
Moon has played in Baltimore’s last three games, including the 56-19 win over Miami on Sunday. He made one tackle against the Dolphins with Long in attendance.
Jeremiah Moon with the Gators
Moon battled injuries throughout his college career, suffering season-ending injuries in 2016, 2019 and 2020. He had his best season as a sixth-year senior in 2021, making nine starts at linebacker and registering a career-high 49 tackles with 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass deflection.
Moon also had eight starts in 2019 prior to his season-ending injury, totaling 31 tackles with 6.5 tackles-for-loss, 3.0 sacks, three QB hurries and two pass breakups. He was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after a season-high five-tackle and half-sack performance against Towson.
Moon finished with 151 total tackles, 14 tackles for loss, eight sacks, four passes defended, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries in his UF career. He played in the 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl and was a two-time semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy (2020-21), college football’s premier scholar-athlete award that recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.
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