Legacy the School of Sport Sciences is a charter school in Spring, TX, that offers a unique education to students who seek to work in sports. For Joshua Moses, it’s an outlet to help climb the ranks of the football recruiting world but also to pursue his career goals.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to own a restaurant,” said Moses, a 2025 DCTF three-star prospect. “And Legacy brought the actual classes that you could take for business and know how to manage the business and how to make money.”

Legacy is the first school in the state that tailors its education to professions in athletics, according to the charter school. Through an entrepreneurship class, Moses has gained insight into how people own professional teams, how to be a general manager and the steps it takes to get there.

Through the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, or P-TECH, students can graduate high school with an associate’s degree. After participating in this program in 2025, Moses will walk the stage as he graduates with not only his high school diploma but a college degree as well.

Alongside honors classes, the school offers hands-on experiences in classes for sports medicine, coaching and athletic administration, and sports media and marketing.

“Academics is very important to me, but it’s really my mom,” Moses said. “My mom really pushed me through academics because she didn’t want me to be a one-trick pony with football.”

Toika Moses, Joshua’s mother, is also a teacher at Legacy. Moses is a sixth and seventh grade English language arts and reading teacher. She knows the value of an education and how important it is for an athlete to pursue their academic aspirations.

“To be able to even look at a future. The athleticism part, being an athlete, and going pro only lasts for a certain time. But there is work after that,” she said. “So you have to always plan for athletes. When you're off the field, what do you do after?”

Guided by his mother, Joshua is also able to push himself in academics because of the specific teaching style of the staff at Legacy.

“Legacy is really independent. No one's gonna chase you about the work,” he said. “Legacy teaches you how to be independent so that when you go to college, you can be ready for those experiences.”

With teachers and coaches having experiences at the next level, the players are always told what it takes to make it to the next level. 

“The mindset is one thing they talk about a lot,” Joshua said. “You really have to be a dog and have that mindset of, I'm going to do this and I'm going to push myself every single day 110 percent. No matter what.”

His coach, Michael Bishop, is a College Football Hall of Fame inductee. Bishop was a consensus All-American at Kansas State while finishing second in the Heisman voting. Bishop played in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers.

“Guys like Josh, who have aspirations or dreams of playing in college and then hoping one day to go to the NFL, they get it. They understand it,” Bishop said. “I enjoy it because not only do I get a chance to pass on knowledge, but I get a chance to see experience. I get a chance to see failure. I get a chance to see success with these kids on a daily basis. So that's what's special about it.”

And as Joshua continues his football endeavors at Legacy, Bishop has gotten to know who he is off the field as well.

“He has a big heart. I told him, ‘I see you turn that heart into stone on a football field. But when the game's over, I see that big heart. You’re loving people and you're showing love to everybody.’ And you can't teach that,” Bishop said.

Growing his skills on the field and off it, Joshua has also climbed the ranks in the recruiting world.

At 6-foot-3 and 315 pounds, Joshua stands out on the offensive line, along with his ability to push away any defender coming at him. Strong and explosive off the line, Joshua shows his value protecting his quarterback, leading to multiple offers from Power Five schools, including Texas A&M, Arizona State, Oklahoma and Missouri. 

He’s found a future home in College Station though, committing to the Aggies on August 4, 2023.

“I like the atmosphere there. I like the people that are out there,” he said. “It's a great place and the football there is great, too. And SEC, you can't get much better than that.”

At Texas A&M, Joshua plans to continue his studies in business in pursuit of his eventual dream of opening a restaurant. 

“They have one of the top business programs in the country,” Joshua said. “That's what I was trying to major in so one day I can run multiple businesses.”

While Joshua reels people in with his athleticism to watch his games on Friday nights, he hopes that the education he is pursuing can help him reel people in with his cooking at his own restaurant in years to come.

“I want to own a restaurant,” Joshua said. “I like to grill burgers. With macaroni and cheese, jambalaya and dirty rice.”