Best of CYS: Mo Massaquoi

Create Your Shot

Chris Horwedel

Sports, Underdog Sports, The Underdog, Basketball, Nba, -- None --, Create Your Shot

4.9 • 939 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The guys hit the gridiron this week and are joined by Mohamed Massaquoi, former Cleveland Browns and University of Georgia wide receiver. Currently a motivational speaker and entrepreneur in the Atlanta area, Mo talks about his HS, College and Pro career as well as going deep on his recent injury, his prosthetic hand and the philanthropic outlets he's gotten involved with since his surgery and rehab. A former second round pick in the NFL draft, Mo tells about athletes mindsets on and off the field as well as what coaching style worked the best on him during his playing career. He drops some financial knowledge on the guys and talks them through the best restaurants in Atlanta, GA. Mo can be found on Twitter and Instagram @Ironmassaquoi. 0:28 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 8:59 Mohamed Massaquoi joins CYS 11:20 Playing at Georgia and going through the recruiting process 19:10 Being a student athlete and dealing with the spotlight 26:30 The NFL draft process 30:54 Mohamed's accident and the impact it has had on him 34:50 Finding life after football while embracing new passions and outlets 39:59 Using his accident to help others 43:20 On athletes finding themselves during and after their career's 47:55 Exploring creative outlets and interests 52:42 Coach Speak Ã¢ What type of coaching did Mo respond to 1:02:30 City Review Ã¢ Atlanta, Georgia 1:06:13 Ten Touches 1:16:06 Parting Shots

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0:00.0	The following podcast is part of the Underdog Sports Podcasting Network.
0:09.8	For a full list of our shows, as well as breaking sports news and engaging feature stories, visit
0:15.7	us at www.theunderdogsports.com.
0:29.0	Welcome back to another episode of Create Your Shot. I am Tyler Laurie, and I am joined as always
0:33.6	by my spectacular co-host Christopher Smalls, Angelos, and Smalls. This week's episode is,
0:41.7	I don't want to say that, like, Create Your Shot has finally made it, but we actually talk to a guy
0:48.4	who I used to play. I used to use Georgia and NCA football 2006, Mohammed Masakwa, Freshman,
0:55.3	number one, and what a phenomenal interview. Not even sure how this really got set up, but,
1:01.6	yeah, this week, Mohammed Masakwa, former Georgia and Cleveland Browns wide receiver,
1:07.5	who is now an entrepreneur in the Atlanta area, and Smalls, totally unbelievable.
1:13.8	An interview where, like, in the middle of it, I actually, like, had some goose bumps based on
1:18.5	some of the stuff he was saying, and just we're fortunate to get to talk to people like this.
1:22.8	That's pretty much it. Yeah. For me, it was kind of surreal, speaking to a person like that,
1:32.1	who's went through, and in the same experience that changed his life. So, yeah, from that perspective,
1:42.0	gaining that knowledge and just hearing him speak and how he's approaching life now,
1:47.3	what he wants to do in the future. That's the stuff we do this for. That's why we want to do it.
1:54.6	We want to engage and learn, and hopefully it reaches the audience or reaches a person.
2:00.4	But his story is just so unique and interesting. It was exciting to have him on. It was
2:06.2	introspective. It had everything, and I'm just excited to... I'm excited for this one to listen to
2:12.7	it back, too. And I might listen to it a couple of times. I don't know about you.
2:17.2	Yeah. Actually, what I should say, Smalls, is we kind of buried the lead here. Stop listening to
2:21.3	us for a second. Go to Iron Massacua on Twitter and watch his player's Tribune piece.
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