Rockne Makoa Freitas (born November 23, 1979) is a former

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. He is currently an offensive assistant for the junior varsity football team at

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. He is the son of former NFL player

Rocky Freitas Rockne Crowningburg Freitas (September 7, 1945 – June 8, 2022) was an American professional American football, football player who was an offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an eleven-year career that lasted ...

Early years

He attended Kamehameha High School. He earned PrepStar All-America honors, also he was selected to the Western 100 honors from the Tacoma News Tribune. He also was selected to the First-team all-state honors by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during high school.

College career

He played

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. He was honorable mention All-Pac-10 during his tenure at

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

In April 2003, he was selected by the

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in the sixth round (208th overall) of the

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Coaching career

Freitas was named the interim head coach for the varsity football team at

Kahuku High & Intermediate School Kahuku High & Intermediate School, located in Kahuku CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the island of Oahu, serves approximately 1,850 students in grades seven through twelve and is part of the Windward District on the is ...

in 2017 after head coach Vavae Tata was let go. He led the Red Raiders to an 11–2 record and an OIA championship before losing to Saint Louis in the Open Division title game. Despite his success, he was replaced by the junior varsity head coach, Sterling Carvalho.

Personal life

Freitas is currently a comptroller at

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, and is an accountant by trade.

References

External links

Arizona Wildcats bio
1979 births Living people Players of American football from Honolulu American football offensive tackles Kamehameha Schools alumni Arizona Wildcats football players Indianapolis Colts players High school football coaches in Hawaii {{offensive-lineman-1970s-stub