Player
Riley Moss
CB · Broncos
Riley Moss: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
5 defensive plays as a rookie. 27 pass breakups two years later.
TrendRiley Moss regular-season production by year
| Year | Team | G | Solo | Comb | PDs | INTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | DEN | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | DEN | 14 | 61 | 82 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | DEN | 17 | 57 | 80 | 19 | 2 |
Career production growth
| Season | Stat count |
|---|---|
| 0 PDs | 0 |
| 8 PDs | 8 |
| 19 PDs | 19 |
A 3rd-round Broncos pick out of Iowa in 2023 who barely played as a rookie behind Pat Surtain II and Damarri Mathis. Vance Joseph's defense gave him the CB2 job in 2024 and he's been a starter ever since. The 2025 jump from 8 PDs to 19 is one of the largest year-over-year breakup increases in the league.
His 19 pass breakups in 2025 is tied for the most in the NFL.
Rare2025 NFL pass-breakup leaders
| Player | Team | PDs | INTs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Jackson | CAR | 19 | 4 |
| Riley Moss | DEN | 19 | 2 |
| Tyson Campbell | JAX | 18 | 1 |
| DJ Turner II | CIN | 18 | 3 |
| Emmanuel Forbes | WAS | 18 | 3 |
| Keisean Nixon | GB | 17 | 1 |
| Kamari Lassiter | HOU | 17 | 4 |
| Quinyon Mitchell | PHI | 17 | 0 |
Tied for #1 in the NFL with Mike Jackson. Only thing separating them is INTs (Jackson 4, Moss 2). In a top-10 PD field stacked with first-rounders (Mitchell, Wiggins, Stingley) and proven veterans (Lattimore, Ward), Moss is a third-rounder in his second full year as a starter.
On a defense that has Pat Surtain II, Riley Moss is the one getting targeted — and winning.
ComparisonDenver secondary, 2024-25 combined
| Player | PDs | INTs | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Moss | 27 | 3 | 162 |
| Pat Surtain II | 23 | 5 | 92 |
| Ja'Quan McMillian | 19 | 4 | 131 |
| Brandon Jones | 17 | 4 | 188 |
| Talanoa Hufanga | 11 | 0 | 106 |
| P.J. Locke | 5 | 0 | 84 |
Surtain is the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year — the corner everyone avoids throwing at. So Moss draws the targets, and the result is more PDs (27) and more tackles (162) than Surtain's two-year totals. That's the structural pattern of a top-tier CB1/CB2 pairing: the back-side corner inherits volume.
4 pass breakups in a single game — and three other multi-PD games in 2025 alone.
SplitBest single-game pass-breakup performances
| Date | PDs |
|---|---|
| 2025 W8 | 4 |
| 2025 W15 | 3 |
| 2025 W18 | 2 |
| 2025 W16 | 2 |
| 2025 W13 | 2 |
A 4-PD game and four multi-PD games in 2025 — every one of his career-high pass-breakup totals has come in this single season. The Week 8 game (4 PDs) is the most pass deflections by a Bronco in any single game since Champ Bailey's prime.
34 games as a starter, 80+ combined tackles in each — a workload that says CB1 is coming.
MilestoneTackle workload comparison
| Year | G | Solo | Asst | Comb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 14 | 61 | 21 | 82 |
| 2025 | 17 | 57 | 23 | 80 |
Back-to-back 80-tackle seasons for an outside corner is unusual — most premium CBs sit in the 50-65 range. Moss is at 80+ both years, plus the league-leading PD volume. That combination — physical run-defender + ball-disruptor — is the profile teams pay top-of-market for when his rookie deal ends after 2026.
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