- Vaka Manupuna
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1982|6|30|mf=y
Birthplace=Honolulu, Hawaii
Position=Defensive tackle
College=Colorado
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years=2006-"present"
teams=Washington Redskins
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CBS=1109539Vaka Manupuna (born
June 30 ,1982 inHonolulu, Hawaii ) is anAmerican football player who currently playsdefensive tackle for theWashington Redskins of theNational Football League . He playedcollege football at the University of Colorado.Arena Football
2008: Currently on the Utah Blaze roster of Arena Football 2007: Manupuna spent time with the NFL’s Washington Redskins. 2006: He was originally signed with the Redskins as an undrafted rookie free agent, but he spent the regular season on the New York Jet’s roster.
High School Career
As a senior, he earned first-team all-state honors from both the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin for
St. Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii. SuperPrep named him to its All-Far West team, ranked as the No. 72 player overall in the region, and he also earned first-team all-Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) honors for a second straight year. As a senior, he registered 37 solo tackles (about 60 overall), with four fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles and three quarterback sacks.External links
* [http://www.utahblaze.com/index.cfm?s=team&v=bio&id=195 Vaka Manupuna Bio at Utah Blaze]
* [http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3845&SPID=255&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=23033&Q_SEASON=2005 Colorado Buffaloes Bio]
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