Jake Moody wins offensive MVP in East-West Shrine Bowl

The East-West Shrine Bowl hosted its annual all-star game last night, which turned into quite the defensive battle. The Shrine Bowl is held annually as an opportunity for senior prospects to show what they can do leading up to the NFL Draft. For Michigan football fans, a familiar face took his chance and ran with it as kicker Jake Moody stole the show.

The West team came away with the victory this year, beating the East 12-3 in a low-scoring, grind-it-out game. The score was 3-3 at the half before the West went on a scoring surge of 9-0 in the latter part of the game.

MVP

Special teams were critical in a game where points were hard to come by. Luckily for the West team, they had one of the best kickers in the country on their side, with former Michigan kicker Jake Moody going perfect on the day.

Moody made all four field goal attempts, scoring every single one of the West team’s 12 points on the day. Even more impressive was that he hit two field goals from 51 yards out. He also made two from 35 yards out, completing the West’s scoring totals on the day.

Congratulations to our offensive MVP Jake Moody (@UMichFootball) and defensive MVP Trey Dean III
(@GATORFB)! #ShrineBowl?? pic.twitter.com/rYgNTMgU50

— East-West Shrine Bowl (@ShrineBowl) February 3, 2023

Deservingly, he was chosen as the game’s offensive MVP. While it’s always nice to get that kind of recognition, especially in an All-Star-style game like this, it might be even more important to consider what this does for his draft stock. Moody looks like one of the best kickers in the draft class, and a performance like this certainly helps his case.

Nothing new for “Money Moody”

Ultimately this was just another walk in the park for Jake Moody, as he’s done this sort of thing his entire collegiate career. Over his five seasons with the Michigan football program, Moody went 69-for-84, good enough for 82 percent over his entire career. His career-long was a 59-yard boot versus TCU in the College Football Playoff his senior year.

Even if we take things back to his freshman year, he recorded a six-field goal game in a low scoring, 31-20 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers in 2018. This performance was and still is a Michigan school record for most field goals in a game, so taking over with his leg is nothing new for the star kicker.

Moody was joined at the Shrine Bowl by former Michigan football teammate Luke Schoonmaker, who was unfortunately sidelined with an injury. At the end of the day, all of this is to get drafted into the NFL to play football at the highest level possible, and things are looking up for the former Wolverines.

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