Michael Moore knows tattoos.

Georgia’s junior receiver has two arms full of them, and isn’t planning on stopping any time soon.

“I think he got the fever, man,” defensive back Reshad Jones said.

Asked fellow receiver Kris Durham: “What’s he got, like 30?”

Well, 27 to be exact. Several years and lots of money later (“it’s in the thousands, I know that much,” he said), Moore doesn’t plan to stop the ink flow any time soon.

“I wasn’t really planning on getting a lot, it was just something that I liked,” he said laughing. “One came after another, and I just kept getting ideas. I figure I probably won’t stop until I run out of ideas, and that’s probably not going to happen any time soon.”

Nowadays, Moore says he types new ideas into a special section of his phone and gets them whenever he has time away from football. In his younger years, and still today, it’s special people and events in his life that inspire him.

“The first one I got when I was fairly young, I won’t put my age in there because people will think I’m crazy,” he said. “I got a little cross on my shoulder that says, ‘God Bless Debbie.’ That’s my mother.”

The flanker from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is very close to his mom, a single mother who raised his family growing up. His newest tattoo (‘Debbie’ written in cursive on his neck) is also an homage to her. Among others, he has the town he grew up in (“Pompano”) inked on his forearm, “What Would Jesus Do” around his wrist, and plans for some type of Georgia tattoo upon graduation.

Tattoos have become more commonplace and more accepted, but Moore said his mother complained at first. It doesn’t hurt, though, that he has her name on his body in several places (including her nickname, “Pebbles,” on his forearm).

“She used to be like, ‘Why do you do that, why do you do that?’ And I’d say, ‘It’s just me,’” he said. “Now she just says, ‘At least you’re doing good in school, you’re positive with your life.’ So she can’t complain too much.”

Moore is a housing major, and often times wears long sleeves under his jersey during games, covering most of his body art. He said the sleeves were something he picked up in high school – definitely not an attempt to cover up his body of work.

“All of them are pretty out there,” roommate and linebacker Darryl Gamble said. “Around class and stuff he wears cutoff shirts so I guess he really wants everybody to see them.”

With that many tattoos, it’s hard to pick a favorite, especially for Moore.

“All of ‘em, man,” he said. “I’m stuck with ‘em.”