Kealoha Pilares (born February 20, 1988) 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 wi ...
wide receiver. He was drafted by the
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. ...
in the fifth round of the
2011 NFL Draft. He played
college football at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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.
Professional career
In the
2011 NFL Draft, Pilares was selected in the fifth round, 132nd overall, by the
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. ...
. On November 20, 2011, he set a franchise record (since broken) with a 101-yard kick return for a touchdown against the
Detroit Lions.
On August 24, 2013, he was placed on injured reserve. He was released on August 24, 2014.
Professional statistics
References
External links
Hawaii Warriors bio
1988 births
Living people
American football wide receivers
Canadian football wide receivers
American players of Canadian football
Carolina Panthers players
Damien Memorial School alumni
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players
Players of American football from Honolulu
Players of Canadian football from Honolulu
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