AT SAN JOSE STATE: Fourth season with the Spartans... Returning as a defensive end in 2009...Played as a defensive end in 2008...Running back at the end of 2006 and all of 2007...Signed as a linebacker out of high school...Was a defensive end at the start of 2006...28 career games and seven starts...Two-time Academic All-Western Athletic Conference and San Jose State University Scholar-Athlete.

2008: Appeared in 10 games and started six times...Accumulated 32 tackles (20 solo, 12 assisted)...Had a season-high 8 tackles (6 solo, 2 assisted) in the Hawai’i win (9/27)...Had three consecutive games near the end of the season (Idaho, Louisiana Tech and Nevada) in which he was in on a tackle for loss...Notched a season-high 1.5 tackles for loss in the New Mexico State win (10/18).

2007: Played in all 12 games as a running back...Had a pass reception in the Arizona State (8/31) and Kansas State (9/7) games...No rushing attempts...First played running back in the 2006 New Mexico Bowl win...Saw the bulk of his 2006 action as a defensive end.

2006: Originally a linebacker hopeful who played defensive end and finished 2006 as a running back...Had three tackles in the San Diego State victory...Played running back in the New Mexico Bowl win...Did not have any carries as a running back.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Ed Buller) and track and field at Oak Grove High School in San Jose, Calif. ... Was a first- team All-Central Coast Section pick in 2005... Was named the 2005 “Most Outstanding Defensive Player” for the Blossom Valley League’s Mount Hamilton Division... Was a two-time first-team all-league selection who also was named his team’s “Outstanding Junior” and “Outstanding Senior”... Was a shot put and discus thrower on the track and field team.

MORE ON MOHAMED: Health science major... Enjoys writing lyrics for hip-hop music ... Has composed his own album, 'In the Dark,' a compilation of 20 original songs ... Interested in pursuing a pre-med undergraduate curriculum ... The San Jose native was born on August 15, 1988.