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Kelvin Moses

American football player (born 1976)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ33118042
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Kelvin D. Moses (born September 3, 1976) is an American former professional football player for the NFL's New York Jets and the NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Moses played three seasons professionally, appearing in 32 games for the Jets in 2001 and 2002 as a linebacker, gunner, or kick returner.

Early life

Born in Hartsville, South Carolina, Moses attended Hartsville High School, where he was a three-year letterman and All-State honoree in football. He played strong safety and tight end, earning numerous regional and conference honors throughout his career. Moses was named the Red Foxes' MVP for the '93 season and was chosen to participate in the North-South All-Star Game that year.

As a senior, Moses accumulated 77 tackles and six interceptions while also catching 19 passes for 377 yards and eight touchdowns. Moses also set the school's records for receptions in a game, season, and career. He completed his high school career by helping lead his team to the 1993 SC 4A State Football Championship game where his Red Fox team was narrowly defeated by the Richland Northeast High School Cavaliers by a score of 30–24.

College career

Moses enrolled at Wake Forest University and played five seasons for the Demon Deacons.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kelvin Moses” as american football player (born 1976). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2001, 2002, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-09-03. The account is most persuasive where Kelvin, Moses and American can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player (born 1976). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q33118042. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2001, 2002 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from Kelvin Moses” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.