Sept. 13, 2007
Senior Major Mosley, a second-year starter, is a powerful, physically imposing athlete who is primed to become one of the top linebackers in the MWC this fall once he returns from a high ankle sprain that has sidelined him much of the early season. Mosley spent his first three years on offense, playing 10 games at wide receiver/tight end and special teams before switching to linebacker late in 2005.
He enjoyed a breakthrough season last fall as he continued to get more comfortable and confident on defense each week. Mosley displayed much improved speed and reaction time during the spring and made one of the top plays of the ’07 Cherry-Silver game when he ran down explosive receiver Marcus Smith on a 54-yard screen pass and forced a fumble. Mosley has been phenomenal in the weight room throughout his career, setting program records at every position he’s played, including a LB record 384-pound power clean during the spring of ’06.
One of three married Lobos, Mosley wed the former Briahna Wilson in February of `06. The couple has a baby boy, Major Mosley IV, who was born on Dec. 18 – five days before the 2006 New Mexico Bowl.
Alfredo Moreno: Of the games left on the schedule, which would be the biggest victory?
Major Mosley: All of them. I don’t like to lose. I consider every game a big game and we need to win all of them.
AM: You’ve played both offense and defense at UNM, what’s the biggest difference between the two sides of the ball?
MM: The biggest difference is when I was on offense I couldn’t be as aggressive as I wanted to. Now that I’m on defense I can do that. Being on defense, it’s more reactive. You don’t have to do as much with plays and assignments. It’s reacting to the ball, knowing where it’s at and going full speed to it.
AM: What’s the best thing about Houston, Texas what are your favorite things to do when you go home?
MM: The best thing about Houston is the nightlife and always having something to do. Also I never have to worry about going to the store and there not being something in my size because there’s plenty of malls around.
AM: How has fatherhood changed you the most?
MM: I don’t go out as much. Really I haven’t gone out at all. Everything is him first. If I want to spend money, I have to think first, “Does he need anything?” Usually I just save it just in case he needs something.
AM: Who would you say is the most and least fashionable linebacker in the group and why?
MM: I’d have to go with George Carter as the one with the most style. George always has something to wear, he’s always doing something different. And the least? I’d have to say that’d be me. You know I have this kid now, so I don’t really care how I look. I just wake up, put on some clothes and go out the door.
AM: What is your favorite food?
MM: Fried catfish. My wife cooks it for me and I love it. I tear it up.
AM: If you could be any person for a day who would it be?
MM: I would be a cage fighter or Pride fighter like Fedor Emelianenko (the heavyweight champion). I’d like to see what it’s like to be him for a day since that’s what I want to do after football.