Mohamed Massaquoi

Mohamed Jah Massaquoi (pronounced ; born November 24, 1986) is an American football wide receiver with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

High school
Massaquoi was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and played high school football at Independence High School in Charlotte. During his four years there his team did not lose a single game and won four straight state championships. He played with two college football notables, former University of Florida quarterback Chris Leak and former University of North Carolina wide receiver Hakeem Nicks.


 * Career Receptions: 274
 * Career Receiving Yardage: 4,876
 * Career Receiving Touchdowns: 76

College
He finished his collegiate career at the University of Georgia with 158 catches for 2,282 yards and 16 touchdowns, which ranks fourth best in school history. Massaquoi had a strong senior season with career-highs in catches (58), yards (920), and touchdowns (8). In Massaquoi's last four regular-season games at Georgia, he caught 29 passes for 544 yards and 4 touchdowns (including a career-high 3 in Georgia's 45-42 loss to Georgia Tech). His longest reception came in his junior season against Florida, hauling in an 84-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford.

Cleveland Browns


Massaquoi was drafted by the Browns with the 50th pick overall.

In Week 4 of 2009, Massaquoi caught 8 passes for 148 yards to have the most receiving yards that week in the NFL.

Massaquoi scored his first NFL touchdown on November 22, 2009 against the Detroit Lions on a 59 yard touchdown pass from Brady Quinn. Also, in this game against the Lions, he caught 5 passes for 115 yards.

Massaquoi ended the 2009 season with 34 receptions for 624 yards and three receiving touchdowns, leading the Browns in all categories.