Mohamed Sanu Sr. is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers. He is a fan of soccer, and supports West Ham United.
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Mohamed Sanu Sr. is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers. Sanu was born to a Muslim family and also lived in his parents’ native Sierra Leone as a child. In track & field, he placed 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the long jump. He also competed as a sprinter, recording personal-best times of 6. 94 seconds in the 55 metres and 24. 28 seconds inThe 200 meters at the 2008 Merli Invitational. He is a fan of soccer, and supports West Ham United. In 2011, Sanu broke the Big East single-season reception record with 115 receptions for 1,206 yards, a record previously held by Pitt’s Larry Fitzgerald. On November 30, 2012, it was announced that Sanu had season-ending surgery to repair a stress fracture.
In 2013, he played in all 16 games of the 2013 NFL season, finishing with 47 receptions, 455 yards, and 2 touchdowns. In 2014, he recorded two 100-yard games in games against the Falcons and Falcons. In the playoffs, he threw an 18-yard pass to Andy Dalton in the next game against the Tennessee Titans. He had five receptions for 125 yards in the playoffs against the Baltimore Ravens, and a career-high 10 receptions for 27 yards in a 37–24 victory over the Ravens. He also ran 62 times for 346 yards and five touchdowns out of the Wildcat formation. He threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to A. J. Green on the first play from scrimmage of the game, making him the first Bengals wide receiver ever to throw a touchdown pass. He finished the game with four receptions for 47 yards. He made his first NFL game with multiple touchdowns in the 34–10 victory against the Oakland Raiders.
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