2024 DADA
Annual Luncheon

Herman Moore is the Founder & CEO of Team 84, LLC, a certified Minority Business holding company that oversees a family of companies operating out of 12 offices in five states and four countries.

Moore entered business in the early 2000s after a 12-year career as one of the most productive wide receivers in NFL league history. He spent 11 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1991-2001) and one with the New York Giants (2002), selected by the Lions in the first round (10th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.

He was named to the NFL Pro Bowl on four occasions (1994-97) and NFL All-Pro three times (1995-97). In October 2007, Herman Moore was among 124 modern-era players, coaches, and contributors on the preliminary list of nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2008. Moore was one of only seven other first-year eligibles to make the list. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Moore played college football at the University of Virginia (1988-90) where he was a two-time All-American wide receiver, earning first-team honors in 1990. At Virginia, he became the all-time ACC leader for receiving yards in a single season with 1,190 in 1990 and established career records for touchdown receptions (27) and receiving yards (2,504). He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Following his playing career, Moore became a successful NFL analyst, enterprise print and promotional products vendor, Cinnabon franchise group owner, and business consultant to corporate and nonprofit clients. In 2003, Moore was honored as one Crain’s Detroit Business 40 under 40.

In 2011, he established The Herman Moore Tackle Life Foundation, which provides essential life skills and experiences for successful individual growth and development. Programs include sports camps, health and nutrition education workshops, comprehensive fitness and mental health programs, international tours, career development, and entrepreneurship.

In addition to his own foundation, Moore currently serves as a member of the Virginia Athletics Foundation Board of Trustees, and most recently, he served as The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit’s Red Kettle Campaign Corporate Chairperson 2020 – present).