Games Played/Started:
2005 (12/2); 2006 (5/0); 2007 (14/2); 2008 (16/3); 2009 (12/1)
Career Totals
59 games, 8 starts
Career Transactions
Originally drafted by the Vikings in the sixth round (191st overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft; Traded to the Jets on August 31, 2006 for QB Brooks Bollinger and an undisclosed draft pick; Signed by the Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 6, 2009;
2009
Played in all 12 games with one start and registered 18 tackles… Was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury on December 7. Game 1 vs. Minnesota 9/13: Appeared on the defensive line, recording two tackles… Game 2 at Denver 9/20: Did not post any stats in a reserve role… Game 3 at Baltimore 9/27: Did not post any stats in a reserve role… Game 4 vs. Cincinnati 10/4: Did not have any stats as a reserve… Game 5 at Buffalo 10/11: Recorded seven tackles in a reserve role, a total which equaled a career best… Game 6 at Pittsburgh 10/18: Posted one tackle in a reserve capacity… Game 7 vs. Green Bay 10/25: Came up with one tackle in a reserve role… Game 8 at Chicago 11/1: Recorded one tackle… Game 9 vs. Baltimore 11/16: Registered four tackles in a reserve role… Game 10 at Detroit 11/22: Posted one tackle in a reserve role… Game 11 at Cincinnati 11/29: Registered one tackle as a reserve… Game 12 vs. San Diego 12/6: Started at right end with Kenyon Coleman out of the lineup… Left game in first quarter with an ankle injury and did not return… Game 13 vs. Pittsburgh 12/10: Was placed on injured reserve on December 7 and sat out the remainder of the year.
College Highlights
Ended playing career at Missouri (2002-04) with 167 tackles, 15.5 sacks, 38 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, three pass breakups and one blocked kick…Received Associated Press First-Team All-Big 12 honors as a senior, finishing with 6.5 sacks…Twice named Missouri’s Defensive Lineman of the Year…Majored in hotel and restaurant management.
Personal
Born at Fort Knox, Ky., and lived in Germany, California, Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky before attending high school in Missouri…Three-time first team all-district selection and all-state selection as a senior at Waynesville (Mo.) High School…Recorded 267 tackles and 21 sacks in high school career…Also finished third in the state in shot put in 2000…C.J. and his grandfather, Richard Hope, his two brothers Theo Hightower and William Mosley, and one sister, Michelle Mosley, honor the memory of their game mother, Angela Mosley, who passed away from breast cancer in April 2007 at age 46…Mosley has dedicated his football career to her memory…Considers himself a movie buff and lists Running Scared as favorite…An avid bowler who also enjoys fishing with his grandfather…Has a fiancée (Cassandra).
