Francis Tulikimoana Maka (born May 10, 1985) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
. He was signed by the
Spokane Shock
The Spokane Shock were a professional indoor American football team based in Spokane, Washington, that played their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The team was initially a member of arenafootball2 (af2), the Shock won divisio ...
as an
undrafted free agent
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in 2011. He played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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.
References
External links
Hawai'i Bio
1985 births
Living people
American football linebackers
College of the Sequoias Giants football players
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players
Arkansas Diamonds (indoor football) players
Spokane Shock players
San Jose SaberCats players
People from Hillsborough, California
Players of American football from San Mateo County, California
Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni
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