TJ Finley reunites with Auburn football transfer WR on third team together

TJ Finley and Koy Moore are teammates for the third time now with the latter's transfer to Western Kentucky now complete. Both started at LSU and had two-year pit stops with the Auburn football program.

Finley was brought to the Plains in 2021 as Bryan Harsin's way of assuring improvement from Bo Nix. The threat of Finley starting over Nix was present in the offseason and peaked when the six-foot-seven signal-caller stepped in and replaced Nix; helping lead AU in a comeback victory over Georgia State in Week 4 that season. Nix nailed down the job for the rest of the season after a brilliant showing against LSU in Week 5, but Finley had Tiger fans convinced he was a threat until he actually did take over full-time following Nix's injury against Mississippi State, and the Tigers dropped all three games Finley started. After being outcompeted by Robby Ashford in 2022, Finley redshirted and transferred after Hugh Freeze's first A-Day to Texas State. Finley was a star in San Marcos and helped lead the Bobcats to an 8-5 record before transferring to WKU this offseason.

Moore, on the other hand, was brought in ahead of the 2022 season and never became the premier option many were hoping he'd become after impressing at LSU. Unfortunately, Moore's Auburn career may end up best-remembered for muffing a punt in the 2023 Iron Bowl that led to Jalen Milroe's infamous 4th and 31 pass to Isaiah Bond in the corner of the end zone that capped off one of the most improbable comebacks in the history of the Auburn-Alabama rivalry.

TJ Finley has one more year of eligibility after 2024 season

Now on his fourth school, Finley has the chance to play a sixth season in 2025 and even transfer once more due to his first season being during the 2020 COVID-stricken campaign and his 2022 season being a redshirt year.

Finley is a prime example of college football's seemingly endless eligibility in the NIL era. It stands to reason he has a bigger chance of being a star at WKU in the Conference USA than he was even in the Sun Belt at Texas State.

Perhaps one more Power Conference destination is in his future before attempting to make it in the pros.