Good Luck Rahim
by Achilles on Jan 7, 2011 10:47 AM PST
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PrintRahim Moore officially declared for the NFL draft today. UCLA athletics website posted a very unique press release on Rahim's decision. The release has the usual congratulations from Coach Rick Neuheisel:
"Rahim has been a starter since the day he arrived at UCLA," said head coach Rick Neuheisel. "He has been a key performer in our secondary throughout his career and he never missed a start. It was a thrill to watch him lead the nation with 10 interceptions in 2009. We certainly thank him for all of his contributions to the program and support his decision to take the next step in his career."
It also has Rahim pouring out his heart and soul thanking everyone associated with UCLA football program, which includes the following sentiments directed towards all of us:
So as I conclude this farewell, I want to say as I leave that I hope all the UCLA fans will remember me - not only as a player but as someone who truly cherished his time being a student-athlete, my work ethic and how I gave all my love and affection towards football. Each and every day, I touched the hands of Kenny Easley's picture frame in our facility to remind myself what I came here for, and to chase my dreams each and every day. Before every game I always told myself "Heemy, go out there and play your heart out so when it's all said and done, I will be mentioned as the best safety or one of the best to ever come out of UCLA."
As I wrote this whole release, I couldn't stop crying because UCLA and the players mean that much to me. If someone had told me before I came to UCLA that I would end up being a two-time All-American, I would probably have fallen over. So as I look back on those days when I was eight and nine years old, playing for the Baldwin Hills Bruins and playing in the halftime show at the Rose Bowl was truly a blessing from God, and to be able to be on the same field years later is amazing. One man came up to me after I played the halftime game and said I would be a Bruin one day, but at that time I was a big Miami Hurricanes and Michigan fan. So as years passed I ended up being a UCLA Bruin, wearing the exact number that I wore in that halftime game for the Baldwin Hills Bruins.
Good luck kid. We will miss you in Westwood.
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Really sad to see him go
Good luck Rahim. The silver lining is hopefully next year we get to watch Riley on saturdays and Rahim on sundays!
Best of luck, Rahim!
Here’s another UCLA kid who none of us will have to worry about in terms of representing our school well at the next level. An absolute class act all the way. I’m a little concerned for him that his subpar performance this year may have hurt his stock some, but hopefully he can prove to NFL teams (just like ATV has) that he is extremely intelligent and can contribute tremendously.
Wow.
I would encourage all of you to click on the link to the official site and read the entire “Statement by Rahim Moore” section. It is unbelievably touching and shows you why Rahim Moore is a great representative of UCLA. “Pouring out his heart and soul” is a very apt way to describe it.
Best of luck in the future Rahim.
by orlandobruin on Jan 7, 2011 11:12 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Wow, what a beautiful so long.
I am so glad he is a Bruin. I met his mother a couple of times at practices and she is an angel and must be so proud of her son today. Good luck to Rahim and his family. You all brought so much sunshine to the program.
Go Bruins!
sniff, sniff
Aww man, what an emotional & heartfelt statement! As a mom, I got all misty at the paragraph where he thanked his mother. Hope he gets on a good team!
Rahim's note
was a ridiculously touching note. Should be distributed to all potential recruits. There’s a kid who loved college.
Go Bruins!
LOL!
I want to thank Coach Rick Neuheisel for everything, and I really mean everything as far as being a great coach, a father to us players and a man who loves to take care of his team. I love you coach and I appreciate the journey we had for three years. I will never forget the days you would try to sing songs before every practice to Akeem and I thinking you had some flavor (lol).
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
A true Bruin leader
I was fortunate enough to be sitting behind his mom at the Stanford game early this year and am glad not only that I was able to tell her after that heart-crushing loss that I really thought Rahim was an outstanding leader for UCLA, but even more happy to see that he remained true throughout our yo-yo of a season and continues to make the Bruin name proud. I’m really sorry to see him go as well, but definitely wish him luck and look forward to seeing him on Sundays!
Proud of you Rahim
Sad to see you go but very happy to see good things happen for a hard working first class young man.
You’re a true Bruin!!!
Make sure to hit the overrated suc guys extra hard!!!!
Great interview from Gold:
For the fans and everybody, I really love you. I appreciate everything you’ve done for me. Even though I’m leaving UCLA, I’m never going to stop bleeding that blue and gold. I love our fans so much, I wish I could shake everyone’s hand. Literally, everyone’s hand. I was crying the whole day. It meant that much to me. I’m going to make all the UCLA fans proud."
What a great young man. You will be missed! We love you too.
Link: http://insidesocal.com/ucla/2011/01/more-on-moore-the-decision.html
Go Bruins!
Any Bruin
that bashes his decision to leave needs to shut their trap and read that press release. Absolutely outstanding young man, and the reason I will be a Bruin till the day I day, even if we go 0-800. If we have kids like this representing my alma mater, I’m the proudest Alum there is.
+1,000,000
Rahim is special. No doubt about it.
by orlandobruin on Jan 7, 2011 11:00 PM PST up reply actions
Makes me proud to be a Bruin ... yet again
I really needed to read this right now. I’ve been delving into the ‘seamy side’ of Universities encouraging students to go to grad school so they can be exploited and I look at CRN’s comments and Rahim’s comments and it makes me feel just a little bit better about the “Hills of Westwood”
I’ll say this about UCLA: they (we) care about the whole student … not just what’s above the neck. And for a top 25 University that sez one helluva lot!
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