William Ralph Mosley, Jr. (born June 22, 1989) is an American basketball

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who plays for

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of the Japanese B.League. He played for

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from 2008–09 through 2011–12. He is best known for leading NCAA Division I in blocks as a

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. Mosley recorded a school single season record 156 blocks in 32 games player for an average of 4.9 per game. He graduated after 2011–12 as the fifth most prolific shot blocker in NCAA history after having accumulated 456 career blocks.

Early life

Mosley was born in Shreveport,

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. He attended Huntington High School from 2003–04 to 2006–07, and as a senior he was named Second-team All-District 1-5A on a team that finished with a 34–6 overall record. The Raiders, as the team was known, was the second-ranked team in Louisiana's Class 5A. During his final high school season, Mosley averaged 9.2 points, 11.3

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5.2 blocks per game.

College

Mosley stayed in his home state to play college basketball, although his collegiate career did not begin until 2008–09. That season, he ranked fourth nationally in rebounds per game (8.5) among

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and second in blocks per game (2.5). His 76 blocked shots placed him 10th all-time in

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history while also ranking him second in single season totals. The following year, his sophomore campaign, Mosley led the

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with 3.4 blocks per game. He recorded career highs of eight blocks and 21 rebounds en route to being named an Honorable Mention All-Conference selection. In 2010–11, Mosley increased his statistical averages in most categories, most noticeably in blocks per game. He played in three more games than the year before but also increased his average by 1.5 blocks per game, and Mosley's 4.9 topped

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Division I. He had entered his junior year having already amassed 174 career blocks and needing 29 to become the school's all-time leader. After recording 156 during his junior year, and still having one full season left to play, Mosley has entered his senior season in 2011–12 as the school record holder by 127 blocks. When his college career ended following the 2011–12 season he had recorded 456 blocks. This total placed him fifth all-time on the NCAA Division I men's basketball career blocks leaderboard.

Professional career

On July 16, 2016, Mosley signed with Italian club Legnano Knights. On August 2, 2018, Mosley signed a deal with the Italian club

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for the LBA. On July 23, 2019, Mosley signed a one-year deal for Serbian team

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. On February 21, 2020, he signed a new three-year deal with Partizan. He parted ways with the team on October 12, 2021. On October 15, 2021, Mosely signed with Mornar of the

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. On April 16, 2022, he has signed with UNICS of the

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. On November 25, 2022, Mosley signed with

of the Japanese B.League.

Personal life

Infant twin sons' deaths

On March 3, 2012, Mosley's two infant twin sons, Jayden and Kayden Mosley, died after spending their entire lives in a hospital due to respiratory issues. The twins were born on March 20, 2011, and there was no apparent threat prior to their deaths.

References

External links

Northwestern State Demons bio
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