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{{Short description|Nigerian-Canadian gridiron football player (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Mohammed Elewonibi
| number        = 64, 67, 65
| position      = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Offensive tackle]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Lagos]], Nigeria
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 4
| weight_lb     = 286
| high_school   = [[Victoria High School (British Columbia)|Victoria]] {{nowrap|([[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada)}} 
| college       = [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]
| draftyear     = 1990
| draftround    = 3
| draftpick     = 77
| cfldraftyear  = 1990
| cfldraftround = 5
| cfldraftpick  = 34
| pastteams     =
* [[Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1990|1993}})
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|1994}})*
* [[Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)|Barcelona Dragons]] ([[1995 WLAF season|1995]])
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1995}})
* [[BC Lions]] ({{CFL Year|1997|1999}})
* [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ({{CFL Year|2000|2004}})
* BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2005}})
| cflstatus     = National
| highlights    =
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXVI|XXVI]])
* CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|1998}})
* [[Outland Trophy]] (1989)
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1989 College Football All-America Team|1989]])
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 26
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 19
| statlabel3    = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3    = 3
| pfr           = E/ElewMo20 
}}

'''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.

==Early years==
Elewonibi was born in [[Lagos, Nigeria]] and raised in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]. He attended [[Victoria High School (British Columbia)|Victoria High School]], where he excelled at soccer and basketball.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohammed Elewonibi|url=http://ww.byucougars.com/athlete/m-football/mohammed-elewonibi|publisher=BYU Cougars|access-date=August 4, 2011}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://okanagansun.sportngin.com/page/show/700021-25-year-all-time-team-announced-in-2005-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary|title=25 Year Team}}</ref>

==College career==
He began his college career at [[Snow College]], in Ephraim, UT, where he first began to play football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwsportsbeat.com/coffee-shop/northwest-athlete-profiles-moe-elewonibi-41011/ |title=Mohammed Elewonibi - Northwest Athlete Profiles, NFL Football Pro, Washington Redskins, BYU |website=www.nwsportsbeat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211172043/http://www.nwsportsbeat.com/coffee-shop/northwest-athlete-profiles-moe-elewonibi-41011/ |archive-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> 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.

==Personal==
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.
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona on April 18, 1990 · Page 18 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122340852/ |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=elewomoh001&scoresort=4 Stats Crew profile]
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3D81739F934A35751C1A96F948260 Outland Trophy Winner]
*[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223180452/http%3A//www.hickoksports.com/biograph/elewonibim.shtml Bio]
*{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115065246/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/BC/2005/11/20/1315272-sun.html News article]}}

{{1989 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Outland Trophy}}
{{Super Bowl XXVI}}
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