Skyy Moore was one of the NFL’s top kickoff and punt returners in 2025.
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The Green Bay Packers were arguably the most disappointing team in football last year. And perhaps no one did less with more than Packers’ coach Matt LaFleur.
Green Bay headed into the 2025 season with one of the NFL’s top rosters, then traded for star defensive end Micah Parsons 10 days before the year began. Suddenly, Packer Nation was dreaming of their first Super Bowl appearance since 2010.
Instead, Green Bay went a remarkably unsatisfying 9-8-1 overall and was the NFC’s No. 7 seed for a third consecutive year. The Packers then blew a 21-3 halftime lead in the Wild Card round against Chicago, gave up 25 fourth quarter points and eventually suffered a shocking 31-27 loss to the arch-rival Bears.
“No way you should lose games in this league when you’re up that much,” running back Josh Jacobs said.
Green Bay, which began the year 9-3-1, finished the season with five straight losses. The Packers now enter 2026 with the league’s fourth-longest losing streak.
Collapsing late in games was the story of Green Bay’s 2025 campaign.
Green Bay had double digit leads in the final minutes twice against Chicago and also vs. Cleveland and somehow went 0-3 in those games. The Packers’ odds of losing all three contests were 1-in-250,000, yet they somehow did it.
“That (expletive), it’s starting to get damn-near embarrassing,” safety Javon Bullard said.
Rebounding won’t be easy as the Packers were hit hard in free agency and didn’t have a first round draft pick.
Green Bay’s first training camp practice is July 29. Between now and then I will count down the ‘30 Most Important Packers’ heading into the 2026 campaign.
At No. 23 is return man/wide receiver Skyy Moore.
No. 23
Skyy Moore, KR/PR/WR
Last season
The 25-year-old Moore, who signed a free agent contract with Green Bay in March, was one of the NFL’s top return man with San Francisco in 2025.
Moore averaged 27.5 yards per kick return last year, which ranked sixth in the NFL. Moore also ranked seventh in the league on punt returns (11.6).
Moore offers little as a wide receiver, though, catching just five passes for 87 yards a year ago.
Career to date
Moore, a second round draft choice by Kansas City in 2022, is undersized at just 5-foot-10, 195 pounds. He did run the 40-yard dash in 4.41 seconds coming out of Western Michigan.
Moore caught 43 passes for 494 yards and one touchdown in his first two seasons with Kansas City. He was also part of two Super Bowl winning teams with the Chiefs.
In the last two years, though — one with the Chiefs and one with San Francisco — Moore has just five catches.
Moore was traded to Kansas City before the 2025 season for a late round pick swap. And while he again offered little in the passing game, he carved out a new role for himself as a standout return man.
Moore had a 98-yard kickoff return last season and a 66-yard punt return.
“He plays with zero hesitation, and it’s good to see him break for some of these long ones,” San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey said. “Because for the whole first half of the year we were like, ‘He’s hitting it the right way.’ Every time the ball is in his hands, he’s playing with no hesitation, he’s fast, and he’s physical, and he runs really hard.
“Any time he gets the ball, I just love the way he hits it. He’s built for this team.”
Outlook
Green Bay ranked last in the NFL in punt return average in 2025 (5.6 yards) and tied for 22nd in kickoff return average (25.2). The Packers signed Moore to a one-year deal and hope the former second round draft pick can help solve their return issues.
Moore should be a huge upgrade from players like Romeo Doubs on punts and Savion Williams on kickoffs that Green Bay tried in 2025.
They said it …
“Had a solid year. Done a lot of good things with the ball. He’s gotten better every year. If you go back and look at it more, he didn’t do it in college. Then you see him, he gets to Kansas City does it and then he doesn’t do. In San Fran, he actually had a very productive year. I’m excited to work with him, along with the other guys that are going to be back there.” — Packers special teams coach Cam Achord on Moore
“I think it’s a unique trait for people in this world to have that speed and to not be a bigger guy and to not hesitate on those kick returns, but that’s why there’s not many people in the world who are that good at them,” San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said. “I don’t get how you can be successful as a kick returner if you do hesitate. Those lanes, you got to hit full speed, and they close very fast …
“I watch Skyy hit those as hard as anyone, and a lot of times I’m worried about him getting up after it. But he continues to do that … and kind of embraces it. And when you have that skill set, with that mindset, it ends up being hard not to be successful at it.” — San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan on Moore
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