Former Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi had his left hand amputated last April, Massaquoi detailed in a video published Monday on The Players Tribune.
In the powerful 4:24 video, Massaquoi, now 31, shows the device he wears that substitutes for his four fingers and works with his thumb. Massaquoi moved the fingers, which made the robotics sound he now lives with.
“I had been an NFL wide receiver,” Massaquoi wrote in a brief prelude to the video. “I’d made my career by catching the ball. A few days later, my left hand had been amputated.