Mohamed Sanu

Mohamed Sanu (born August 22, 1989) is an American for 2,263 yards and 19 touchdowns, and gained 3,019 allfootball wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the purpose yards. He also completed eight of 18 passes for
National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the 207 yards and four touchdowns.
Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2012 NFL
Draft and played college football at Rutgers.

3 Professional career
1

Early life

Originally from Sayreville, New Jersey, Sanu was born to

a Muslim family and also lived in his parents native Sierra
Leone as a child.[1] Sanu returned to the United States and
lived in Dayton, New Jersey, where he eventually starred
at South Brunswick High School as a triple-option quarterback before enrolling at Rutgers University in 2009. In
his nal season at South Brunswick High School, Sanu led
the Vikings to their rst playo berth in nearly 40 years,
including three rushing touchdowns of at least 80 yards
against Edison High School.[2] He was ruled ineligible to
play during his senior year, due to exceeding NJSIAAs
age restriction; he graduated high school six months early Mohamed Sanu in 2012
and enrolled at Rutgers University in January 2009.[3]
In track & eld, Sanu was one of the states top performers in the jumping events. At the 2008 NJSIAA Sectional
Championships, he placed 2nd in the triple jump (14.08
m) and 3rd in the long jump (6.43 meters). He also competed as a sprinter, recording personal-best times of 6.94
seconds in the 55 metres and 24.28 seconds in the 200
meters at the 2008 Merli Invitational.[4] He is a fan of
soccer, and supports West Ham United Football Club.

3.1 Cincinnati Bengals

During the rst round of the 2012 NFL Draft, Sanu received a prank phone call from somebody pretending to
be Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown, informing him
that the Bengals were going to use their 27th overall pick
on him.[5] The following day, Sanu received a phone call
from the real Mike Brown, who informed him they would
be drafting him in the 3rd round with the 83rd overall
pick.

College career

On September 23, 2012, against the Washington Redskins, Sanu came in as the wildcat quarterback out of a
shotgun formation for the Bengals on the rst play from
scrimmage of the game, and threw a 73-yard touchdown
pass to A.J. Green, giving Sanu his rst touchdown pass
before his rst NFL reception. The pass also gave Sanu
a perfect 158.3 passer rating for the game. He was also
the rst Bengals wide receiver ever to throw a touchdown
pass. Sanu had his rst touchdown catch during Week
10 against the New York Giants. He nished the game
with 4 receptions for 47 yards. On November 30, 2012,
it was announced that Sanu had what is likely season ending surgery to repair a stress fracture.

As a true freshman, Sanu had 51 receptions for 639 yards

and three touchdowns, and ran 62 times for 346 yards
and ve touchdowns out of the Wildcat formation. Sanu
was the rst-ever true freshman to start at wide receiver
for Rutgers under coach Greg Schiano, and he won Most
Valuable Player honors at the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl.
In 2010, Sanu was a consensus preseason All-Big East
wide receiver. In 2011 against North Carolina he tied a
Big East record with 13 receptions. The next week he
broke his own record by catching 16 passes. In 2011,
Sanu broke the Big East single-season reception record
with 115 receptions for 1,206 yards, a record previously Sanu played in all 16 games of the 2013 NFL seaheld by Larry Fitzgerald.
son nishing with 47 receptions, 455 yards, and 2
In his three seasons at Rutgers, Sanu caught 210 passes touchdowns.[6][7]
1

In the 2014 NFL season, Sanu played a much bigger role

in the Bengals oense due to injuries to receivers A. J.
Green and Marvin Jones. He recorded two 100-yard
games. In week 3, Sanu threw an 18-yard touchdown
pass to his quarterback, Andy Dalton in a 337 victory
over the Tennessee Titans. It was Sanus fourth completion of his career on four passing attempts as well as being
his second touchdown pass of his career.

3.2

Atlanta Falcons

On March 10, 2016, Sanu signed a ve-year, $32.5 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons.[8]

EXTERNAL LINKS

[7] Katzowitz, Josh. Bengals Place WR Mohamed Sanu on

IR, CBS Sports, December 4, 2012. Accessed March 29,
2013. But late last week, Sanu suered a stress fracture in
his foot during practice. On Tuesday, the Bengals placed
him on the IR list, ending his season.
[8] FALCONS AGREE TO TERMS WITH WR SANU
[9] http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/08/04/
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[10] http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2015/01/04/
stock-in-bengals-wr-mohamed-sanu-is-on-the-rise/.
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Personal stock oering

It was reported that Sanu would oer stock tracking his

future income via a venture with Fantex, Inc. as part of
a new nancial instrument being sold by Fantex. Sanu
oered Fantex a 10% share of future earnings from his
brand. Fantex securitized the contract and oered shares
of a publicly traded tracking stock.[9]
In November 2014, the IPO was completed, in which
164,300 shares were sold, valued at $10 per share.[10]

References

[1] Freshman Mohamed Sanu does a lot of everything for

Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Tampa Bay Times. Tampabay.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
[2] Morrison, Jay. Bio for Bengals third-round pick Mohamed Sanu, Dayton Daily News, April 27, 2012. Accessed March 29, 2013. In his nal season at South
Brunswick, Sanu led the Vikings to their rst playo berth
in nearly forty years, including three rushing touchdowns
of at least 80 yards vs. Edison High School.
[3] Allinder, Jimmy. Sanu leaving his mark on Rutgers football, Sentinel, October 13, 2010. Accessed March 29,
2013. Sanu is hoping for more of the same success that
enabled his high school team to nish 9-2 in 2008, his nal season. Because he turned 19 in his senior year, the
NJSIAA declared him ineligible to play that year.
[4] http://nj.milesplit.com/athletes/345325-mohamed-sanu/
feed#.VETXd8nv2nU
[5] Dallas Cowboys surprise Morris Claiborne by trading up
to pick him in NFL Draft - Peter King - SI.com. Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
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[6] Hanzus, Dan. Mohamed Sanus season could end with
stress fracture, NFL.com, December 1, 2012. Accessed
March 29, 2012.

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