C.J. Mosley
DT
| Height: | 6'2" |
| Weight: | 305 lbs |
| Age: | 26 |
| Years With Jets: | 2006- |
| College: | Missouri |
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
■ In 2007, made first start as a Jet in Week 14 vs. CLE.
■ Notched 2.5 sacks in three-game span in second half of last season.
■ Showed pass-rush potential when he swarmed to three sacks and forced two fumbles vs. A.J. Feeley and Eagles, all during one first-quarter drive, in final '07 preseason game at PHI.
■ Has played in 31 career games (three starts) and one postseason game.
SEASON BY SEASON
2007 (JETS) Made third start of career and first as a Jet in Week 14 vs. CLE. ... Recorded two tackles and scored second sack in two weeks, a 9-yard loss by John Beck on which he forced a FUM (recovered by Dolphins) in Week 13 at MIA. ... Executed 3-yard strip sack of Tony Romo (FUM recovered by Cowboys) on Thanksgiving at DAL. ... Split sack with Shaun Ellis of Ben Roethlisberger in Week 11 vs. PIT.
2006 (JETS) Recorded five tackles (four solo) in Week 14 vs. BUF. … Had a sack in his return to MIN in Week 15.
2005 (MIN) Recorded four tackles in Week 14 vs. STL. … Made first career start in Week 13 at DET and recorded three tackles, one sack and first PD of career. … Had seven tackles, two sacks and one FF in Week 12 vs. CLE.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
■ Acquired by Jets along with undisclosed pick from MIN in trade for QB Brooks Bollinger.
■ Selected by MIN in sixth round (191st overall) of 2005 NFL Draft.
BEFORE THE NFL
■ Recorded 167 tackles (111 solo) with 15.5 sacks, 38 TFL, two FR, two FF, three PD and a blocked kick at Missouri.
■ Received AP All-Big 12 first-team honors as senior, finishing with career-high 6.5 sacks.
■ Twice named Missouri’s Defensive Lineman of the Year.
■ Three-time all-district first-team selection and all-state selection as senior at Waynesville (MO) HS, where he recorded 21 sacks and 267 tackles in his career.
■ Finished third in state in shot put in 2000.
OFF THE FIELD
■ Majored in hotel and restaurant management.
■ Father, Calvin Sr., is retired from U.S. Army.
■ Born at Ft. Knox (KY) and lived in Germany, California, Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky before settling in Missouri for high school.
■ Visited patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, 12/5/06.
■ Has dedicated his football career to memory of his mother, Angela Mosley, who passed away from breast cancer in April 2007 at age 46.
