Maurice Purify
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 17, 1986 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Eureka, California | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Eureka (CA) | ||||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||
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| Receptions: | 0 |
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| Receiving yards: | 0 |
| Touchdowns: | 0 |
| Tackles: | 6 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
| Receptions: | 488 |
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| Receiving Yards: | 6,769 |
| Receiving TDs: | 167 |
Maurice "Mo" Purify (born January 17, 1986) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Nebraska. Having scored over 150 touchdowns and over 6,000 receiving yards in his career, as well as winning four consecutive ArenaBowls with two different teams, Purify is considered one of the best receivers in AFL history.
Purify has also played for the Georgia Force, Omaha Nighthawks and San Jose SaberCats.
Purify was born in Eureka, California and attended Eureka High School.
Purify originally attended San Francisco City College. As a freshman in 2004, he recorded 24 receptions for 444 yards and 11 touchdowns. In 2005, he recorded 68 receptions for 1,318 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore and earned California Community College Football Coaches Association First-team All-America honors and Region I First-team All-California honors. He helped the team to a 10-2 season that ended with a 41-38 loss in the junior college state championship game, a game in which he earned offensive MVP honors.
While at SFCC, Purify also played on the school's basketball team. As a sophomore, he earned First-team junior college All-state honors as he helped lead the team to the semifinals of the 2006 California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Men’s Basketball Championship. For his basketball achievements, Purify was named the Community Colleges Commission on Athletics/U.S. Bank Student-Athlete of the Month for March.
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