Soaring with the SeaHawks: Former Southern U. standout working his dream job, mixing football and people, with NFL team

Maurice “Mo” Kelly
Courtesy: Seattle Seahawks

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- It’s not every day that you run into someone who loves his job and cares about the people with whom he works.

Well, if you see Orangeburg, South Carolina native Maurice “Mo” Kelly the next time he is visiting family in the Garden City, you will quickly realize he is one of those people.

Kelly -- a former Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School football player who later played in the Canadian Football League and the NFL – has been promoted by the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks to the position of vice president of player engagement.

Although Kelly says the title is mostly all that’s changing from his former position as senior director for player development, he appreciates the executive level of the title that Coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider decided he deserves. And it’s a bit more executive-like than the nickname he carried during his professional playing days as a defensive back/linebacker: “Crash Kelly.”

“It’s really a title of a job to go along with ...

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