This article states Mo played football only his freshman year of high school and then transferred to Middleburg Academy because he wanted to play basketball and felt it would give him the best opportunity. Other good stuff in here including the "Mo Mantra"
http://theundefeated.com/features/mo...otball-future/
Another good article on Mo more geared toward his academics
https://wilder.vcu.edu/news-and-even...-alie-cox.html