The Kansas City Chiefs made an addition up front on Thursday by signing veteran offensive tackle Jaylon Moore.
Here are five things to know about the newest member of the offensive line.
1. Moore appeared in 55 games (with 12 starts) for the San Francisco 49ers over the last four years.
The 6-foot-4, 311-pound Moore appeared in seven games (3 starts) in 2021 before logging at least 15 appearances in each of the last three seasons. He played in all 17 games in 2022 (with 2 starts), 16 games in 2023 (with 2 starts) and 15 games last season (with 5 starts).
Looking at the 2024 campaign specifically, Moore logged 271 offensive snaps for San Francisco (259 of which at left tackle). He was also a regular on the 49ers' special teams' unit throughout the season.
2. Moore made five starts at left tackle last season in place of the injured Trent Williams, and he played well.
Moore stepped in for All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams midway through Week 11 and proceeded to make five starts at the position, yielding just nine pressures (and one sack) across 144 pass-blocking snaps.
He recorded those numbers despite facing some of the league's better pass-rushers in the Packers' Rashan Gary, the Bills' Greg Rousseau and the Rams' Jared Verse.
That strong showing was a continuation of what Moore had done throughout his career in San Francisco. For example, in his two starts in 2023, Moore yielded just three total pressures (and zero sacks) across 74 pass-blocking snaps.
3. He originally entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
The 49ers made Moore the No. 155 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft when they selected him in the fifth round that year.
Prior to the draft, The Athletic's Dane Brugler ranked Moore as the No. 14 overall tackle prospect in that year's class and projected him to be taken somewhere between the third and fourth round.
Here's a portion of what Brugler wrote about Moore in his pre-draft guide:
"Moore displays coordinated movement patterns in pass protection, staying wide and working hard to keep his blocks centered…He is efficient on the move, executing stretch runs and picking off linebackers at the second level…He plays with the balance and poise to push for NFL starting reps."
The 49ers ended up snagging Moore in the fifth round, and as he demonstrated throughout his career there, he likely should have been selected considerably higher.
4. Moore has primarily lined up at left tackle during his NFL career.
Of Moore's 826 offensive snaps as a professional, 759 have taken place at left tackle. He logged 55 snaps at right tackle in 2021 and 12 snaps last season as an additional blocker, but Moore has otherwise exclusively served as a left tackle during his young career.
Additionally, the bulk of that experience took place over the last two seasons, as Moore tallied 485 total snaps at left tackle. He yielded just 18 total pressures (and two sacks) in that time across 279 pass-blocking snaps.
5. Moore played his college ball at Western Michigan University.
Prior to joining the 49ers, Moore appeared in 37 games (with 32 starts) at Western Michigan from 2016 through 2020. He initially signed with the Broncos as a 250-pound tight end and defensive end hybrid before making the switch to the offensive line in 2017, eventually taking over at left tackle. Moore then started 32 straight games between the 2018 and 2020 campaigns, lining up at left tackle in all of them.
In fact, Moore played all 32 of those games on an offensive line that also featured current Chiefs' interior offensive lineman Mike Caliendo.
He earned "Second-Team" All-MAC honors in each of his final two years in school, and now all these years later, Moore is headed to Kansas City to join the three-time defending AFC champions.
