Buffalo Bills
Arthur Moats - #52 - LB
| Status | Active |
| Height/Weight | 6' 2"/ 250 lbs. |
| Birthday | 03/14/1988 |
| Birthplace | Portsmouth, VA |
| College | James Madison |
| Years played | 4 |
| Drafted | 2010, 6th round, 9th pick by Bills |
2012 STATS
| Tack | FF | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 0 | 0 |
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PLAYER NEWS
Moats will miss the final two games of the season after hurting his ankle.|||||||
Coach Chan Gailey provided the update on Monday, a day after the player was hurt in the first half of a 50-17 loss to Seattle in a game played at Toronto. Gailey did not reveal the nature of the injury or which ankle the player had hurt.
Now that Moats has settled into practicing just one position in the Buffalo Bills defense, the jack-of-all-trades player has performed so well at outside linebacker that he's challenging for a starting job. That was defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt's view on Tuesday, when assessing his linebacker rotation in preparation for Buffalo's preseason opener against the Washington Redskins on Thursday.|||||||
Moats is not only competing with Kirk Morrison for the strong-side position, he just might have the edge on the eighth-year veteran, Wannstedt said.
