MOHAMED SANU SIGNING

Mohamed Sanu played for South Brunswick High School as a triple option quarterback before enrolling at Rutgers University in 2009. In his final season at South Brunswick High School, Sanu led the Vikings to their first playoff berth in nearly 40 years, including three rushing touchdowns of at least 80 yards against Edison High School. He was ruled ineligible to play at South Brunswick High School during his senior year, due to exceeding NJSIAA's age-restriction; he graduated high school six months early and enrolled at Rutgers University in January 2009. Mo High school.jpg

As a true freshman he had 51 receptions for 639 yards and 3 touchdowns, and ran 62 times for 346 yards and 5 touchdowns out of the Wildcat formation. Sanu was the first ever true freshman to start at wide receiver for Rutgers under coach Greg Schiano, and 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 held by Larry Fitzgerald.

In his three seasons at Rutgers, Sanu caught 210 passes for 2,263 yards, scored 19 touchdowns, and gained 3,019 all-purpose yards. He also completed 8 of 18 passes for 207 yards and four touchdowns

With the Cincinnati Bengals on the clock they selected Mohamed Sanu in the third round with the 83rd overall pick.Getting Sanu with that pick will turn out to be quite the steal for the Bengals.

Cincinnati needed a wide receiver opposite second-year player A.J. Green for Andrew Dalton, another great draft pick from last season, to throw to.

Sanu came in as a heralded recruit and was the first freshman to start a season opener at any position in the Greg Schiano era at Rutgers. Sanu missed only one start in his career and has continued to develop significantly each year. He has good size and is capable of making a lot of plays within a West Coast offense. He is a player who can separate well and excels in the short to intermediate passing game, an ideal receiver for a timing-based, pass-often offense. He is a polished all-around player.

Sanu is excellent when working drive routes and being tasked with working across the field to read coverages and sit down in the holes of zones. He is a natural at shielding himself from defenders and giving the quarterback a clear throwing lane. He is a reliable hands catcher who is very technical at the top of his routes and when competing with corners to give himself just enough space to secure the catch. Sanu is a throwback receiver who sees only the ball when going across the middle. He is fearless in all aspects of his game.

On second-and-six in the second quarter, Dalton threw the ball to Sanu who launched it 25 yards down the field to Gio Bernard. After the play survived a challenge -- Bernard caught it in bounds -- the Bengals turned to Sanu again on third down. That time he did it the old fashioned way, catching the pass for a touchdown.