Maurice Purify Maurice Purify ( born January 17 , 1986 ) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League . He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008 . He played college football at Nebraska . Purify has also played for the Georgia Force and the Omaha Nighthawks . Early years . Purify was born in Eureka , California and attended Eureka High School . College career . San Francisco City College . Purify originally attended San Francisco City College . As a freshman in 2004 , he recorded 24 receptions for 444 yards and 11 touchdown s . In 2005 he recorded 68 receptions for 1 , 318 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore and earned California Community College Football Coaches Association First - team All - America honors and Region I First - team All - California honors . He helped the team to a 10 - 2 season that ended with a 41 - 38 loss in the junior college state championship game , a game in which he earned offensive MVP honors . Basketball career . While at SFCC , Purify also played on the school ' s basketball team . As a sophomore , he earned First - team junior college All - state honors as he helped lead the team to the semifinals of the 2006 California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Men ’ s Basketball Championship . For his basketball achievements , Purify was named the Community Colleges Commission on Athletics / U . S . Bank Student - Athlete of the Month for March . After his two years at SFCC , Purify earned a five - star rating from Scout . com , was a four - star recruit by Rivals . com and earned First - team JC - Gridwire All - America honors . He received offers from Arizona , Kentucky , Oregon State and Washington . He chose Nebraska . Nebraska . As a junior , Purify played in all 14 games , including five starts . He recorded at least four receptions three times during the season , with a career - high six receptions at Oklahoma State . He recorded career - highs of 91 yards against Kansas and two touchdown receptions at Oklahoma State . As a senior in 2007 , caught 57 passes for 814 yards and nine touchdowns , including seven games with five or more receptions . His 57 catches were the second - most in NU history , trailing only teammate Marlon Lucky ’ s total in 2007 . The 814 yards ranked third on the Nebraska single - season list and were the most by a Husker since Rodgers in 1972 , while Purify ’ s nine touchdown catches were second on the single - season list as well . While at Nebraska , Purify majored in criminal justice and volunteered his time as an American Education Week speaker and as part of Nebraska ’ s team hospital visits . Career summary . Purify finished his career ranked sixth on the Nebraska career receptions list with 91 and fifth in receiving yards with 1 , 444 . His 16 career touchdowns also placed him second on the Nebraska career charts , trailing only 1972 Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers . Purify played in 25 games with nine starts in his career . Professional career . Cincinnati Bengals . Purify went undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft , however , he was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals on May 8 . He played in all four preseason games , with three receptions for 25 yards . He was waived on August 30 and signed the next day to Bengals practice squad . He was then released on September 23 and re - signed October 22 to practice squad , where he spent the rest of the season . In 2009 , Purify played in all four preseason games recording four receptions for 46 yards . Then , he was signed from the practice squad on November 13 and made his NFL debut during week nine at Pittsburgh , where he played on offense and recorded one special teams tackle . On December 16 , he was released and added to the practice squad . On January 11 , he was re - signed to a reserve / future contract . Purify was released by the Bengals during final cuts . Georgia Force . Purify signed with the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League on November 19 , 2010 . He finished the year with 129 catches for 1 , 650 yards and 46 receiving touchdowns and was named the AFL ' s Rookie of the Year , Breakout Player of the Year , and was named to the AFL All - Arena Second Team . Omaha Nighthawks . Purify was signed by the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League on July 11 , 2011 . He was placed on the injured reserve list on August 30 . Arizona Rattlers . 2012 . Purify signed with the Arizona Rattlers for the 2012 Arena Football League season . Purify and teammate Nick Davila lead the Rattlers to an ArenaBowl XXV victory over the Philadelphia Soul . Purify was named First Team All - Arena as a wide receiver . 2013 . Purify re - signed with the Rattlers for the 2013 season .