Mo Westmoreland

Height:
6-2
Weight:
250
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Houston, TX
High School:
Klein Forest HS
Prev School:
UTEP

2025: Was a First Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Athlon Sports...A Second Team Preseason All-AAC selection by Phil Steele... A First Team All-AAC selection by Sports Info Solutions...A First Team HERO Sports Preseason Group of Five All-American selection

Prior to Tulane: Transferred to Tulane in the spring of 2025 from UTEP

2024 All-Conference USA First Team

2024

Led CUSA and ranked tied for 23^rd in FBS with 8.0 sacks while recording 46 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss, a team-high six hurries and a forced fumble in all 12 starts.
The forced fumble came on a blindside sack of NM State quarterback Parker Awad, leading to a UTEP defensive score. The senior tied his career best with 2.5 sacks against the Aggies.
Posted 2.0 sacks at LA Tech.
Recorded a half sack or more in four straight games from Oct. 3 through Oct. 22, where he tallied 4.5 sacks during that span.
Tied his career best with seven tackles at NM State and two QB hurries.
Wraped up his UTEP career with 15.5 sacks, ranking sixth on the program's all-time sack list.

2023 All-Conference USA First Team

2023

Started in all 12 games in second season with UTEP in 2023.
Named to All-Conference USA first team.
Led UTEP and ranked second in CUSA with 7.5 sacks (64 yards).
Ranked fifth on the team with 37 tackles (24 solo) and added 10.5 tackles for loss (75 yards), three breakups, four hurries and a forced fumble.
Led CUSA with 64 sack yards.
Tied fourth in CUSA with 10.5 TFLs (75 yards ranked second in the league).
Tallied career-highs in tackles (six), TFLs (3.5) and sacks (2.5) at FIU on national television.
Earned CUSA Defensive Player of the Week after performance against the Panthers.
First career sack came at Northwestern.
Produced 2.5 TFLs (12 yards) and a sack during UTEP’s come-from-behind victory at Sam Houston.

2022

Played in all 12 games at defensive end.
Totaled 17 tackles and two QB hurries.
Registered a season-most five tackles in a win over rival NM State.
Tallied three stops at New Mexico.
Credited with a QB hurry in an upset win over Boise State on national tv.
Recorded a pair of tackles in a win over FAU.

PRIOR TO UTEP

Played in 10 games as a sophomore at Kilgore College in 2021.
Tallied 29 tackles (19 solo).
Tied for the team leads with 5.0 sacks (31 yards).
Added two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery (seven yards) and four pass breakups.
Recorded four tackles and 1.5 sacks at Tyler.
Repeated those numbers at Blinn.
Registered a season-high five tackles with a tackle for loss, a forced fumble and fumble recovery against NE Oklahoma A&M.
Posted five more tackles versus Navarro).
Helped Kilgore College earn a No. 2 seed in the SWJCFC playoffs