Daily Dawg Tags: Former WR Mohamed Massaquoi reveals devastating injury
By Thomas Moore
Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi revealed on Monday the details of an injury that cost him his left hand.
Mohamed Massaquoi, who played wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns for four seasons, revealed on Monday that he had his left hand amputated in April of 2017.
Massaquoi made the revelation in a video posted on The Players’ Tribune website.
The 31-year-old former wide receiver was injured while trail riding with friends on an ATV. After taking a turn too sharply, his ATV rolled over and injured his left hand. He was taken to at hospital at the University of Georgia where doctors tried to save his hand, but he eventually lost all four fingers on the hand.
He now has a robotic hand.
Former @NFL and @UGAFootball wide receiver @IronMassaquoi made his career catching a ball.
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) February 12, 2018
Last April, his left hand was amputated.
This is the first time he's told his story: https://t.co/cNm7qAddud pic.twitter.com/mecccJ6sZN
The story is one of the most surprising ones that we have read in a long time and one that everyone seemed to miss when it first occurred.
Massaquoi was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft, the one and only draft where head coach Eric Mangini was calling the shots. Cleveland had three selections in the round and came away with Massaquoi, wide receiver Brian Robiskie and linebacker David Veikune.
Tackle Max Unger, guard Andy Levitre and running back LeSean McCoy, some of the other players selected that year in the second round? Nah, Mangini did not need players like that.
In four seasons with the Browns, Massaquoi would start 43 games and finish with 118 receptions for 1,745 yards and seven touchdown receptions. His best season was probably his rookie year when he caught 34 passes for 624 yards and three touchdowns.
The Browns released Massaquoi following the 2012 season. He signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in April of 2013 but was released just five months later and spent a week with the New York Jets in training camp in 2013. He has been out of the league ever since.
Here’s hoping him the best as he continues to recover from the injury.
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