The Tennessee Oilers signed him to the practice squad, then sent him to NFL Europe's Barcelona Dragons in 1998. He played during the 1997 Rose Bowl between the then-undefeated Sun Devils (led by Mustafa's friend Jake Plummer) and the Ohio State Buckeyes.Īlthough Mustafa expected to become a high school teacher after graduation, a sports agent suggested that he try out for NFL teams.
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He did not play high school football, but he tried out for Moorpark College's football team hoping for an athletic scholarship he became a free safety, and later became a wide receiver.Īfter transferring to Arizona State University in 1995, Mustafa was a starting wide receiver for the Arizona State Sun Devils but had an unspecified "confrontation" with a coach and was benched his senior year. Mustafa played basketball and ran track at Santa Clara High School in Oxnard, California. Mustafa then studied history at Arizona State University, from which he graduated in 1995. He was educate at Santa Clara High School, and later attended Santa Monica College, before transferring to Moorpark College. The family moved to Mission Viejo, California when Mustafa was young.
His father was killed when he fell asleep at the wheel late one night and crashed. Mustafa was born in Portland, Oregon to Shahidah Mustafa-Davis and John Wali Mustafa, who owned and ran a limousine service in Laguna Hills, California.