Mohamed Sanu targeted in hoax

Photo: Tony Tribble / AP Cincinnati Bengals third round NFL draft pick ,Devon Still of Penn State speaks during during a news conference as Mohamed Sanu of Rutgers,left, listens, at Paul Brown Stadium, Saturday, April. 28, in Cincinnati.

Photo: Tony Tribble / AP Cincinnati Bengals third round NFL draft pick ,Devon Still of Penn State speaks during during a news conference as Mohamed Sanu of Rutgers,left, listens, at Paul Brown Stadium, Saturday, April. 28, in Cincinnati.

After hearing about the prank call that wide receiver Mohamed Sanu received from a Bengals imposter in the first round before being drafted by Cincinnati in the third round, Shaun Prater was cautious when the 513 area code popped up on his cell phone

Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu got a call Thursday night from someone who claimed they were with the Bengals organization. They told Sanu he'd be taken with Cincinnati's first-round pick (No. 27 overall), but when it was the Bengals time to pick,

The image is etched in Mohamed Sanu's mind, a memory repeated day after day throughout his childhood. He and older brother Samir Sanu would come home from school to an empty New Brunswick, NJ, apartment. They do their homework and then play.