Moore received an athletic scholarship to attend Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , where he played for coach Frank Beamer 's Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1996 to 1999 . Following his 1999 season , he won the Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy , recognizing him as college football 's defensive player of the year . Moore , who was named the 1998 and 1999 Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year , becoming the first player to win the award back-to-back . He set a league record with 17 sacks . Moore was also the first unanimous Big East Defensive Player of the Year selection and was a unanimous first-team All-Big East selection . Following the 1999 season , he became Virginia Tech 's most honored football player . The senior defensive end earned the Bronko Nagurski Award as college football 's defensive player of the year , and won the Lombardi Award as the college football lineman of the year . He was named '' Football News '' Defensive Player of the Year , and became just the second Virginia Tech player to be recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American . Moore had 31 sacks during his final two college seasons . He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Corey Moore