Vaka Manupuna
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| Position: | Defensive tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 30, 1982 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Colorado |
| Undrafted: | 2006 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com | |
Vaka Manupuna (born June 30, 1982) is an
undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Colorado
.
Manupuna was also a member of the New York Jets and Utah Blaze.
Early years
As a senior, Manupuna 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.
College career
Manupuna played
Champs Sports Bowl. He enjoyed his best season as a senior where he earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference honors from both the Associated Press
and the league coaches. Manupuna had 52 total tackles on his senior season (28 solo), including four for losses, five third down stops, seven quarterback hurries, two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups.
Professional career
First stint with Redskins
Manupuna was signed by the
Washington Redskins of the National Football League as a free agent in 2006 and spent part of the season on the practice squad
.
New York Jets
Manupuna was signed to the practice squad of the New York Jets on December 20, 2006, only to be released on December 27.
Second stint with Redskins
Manupuna was re-signed to a future contract by the
Washington Redskins
. He was released on May 15, re-signed on August 2 and released again on August 13.
Utah Blaze
Manupuna played for the
Arena Football League
in 2008, recording 16 tackles and 2.5 sacks.
Third stint with Redskins
Manupuna was re-signed by the
Washington Redskins
on May 1, 2009. He was waived on August 4, 2009.
Spokane Shock
Manupuna signed with the
Arena Football League
.
Rugby League
He has been named in the
United States national rugby league team 22 man squad for the 2010 Atlantic Cup.[1]