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Mohammed Thomas David "Mo" Elewonibi (born December 16, 1965) is a Nigerian-Canadian former offensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was injured just prior to the end of the first half of the Eagles / Cowboys Divisional Playoff Game on January 7, 1996, and transported off the field on a stretcher with a knee injury. It was his final game in the NFL.
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Lagos, Nigeria | December 16, 1965||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 286 lb (130 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Victoria (BC) | ||||||||
College: | BYU | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1990 / round: 3 / pick: 77 | ||||||||
CFL draft: | 1990 / round: 5 / pick: 34 | ||||||||
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Elewonibi was born in Lagos, Nigeria and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He attended Victoria High School, where he excelled at soccer and basketball.[1]
Elewonibi played two years for the Okanagan Sun football club, and was named to the 25 Year All Time Team announced in 2005 to celebrate 25th anniversary of the sun organization.[2]
He began his college career at Snow College, in Ephraim, UT, where he first began to play football.[3] He transferred to Brigham Young University to finish his college career. Mo won the Outland Trophy while at Brigham Young. The award is for the country's most outstanding lineman in college football.
Elewonibi converted from Islam to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during his second year of college. Elewonibi now lives on Vancouver Island and works as a counselor helping recovering addicts return to normal life. [4]
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