Makoa Freitas

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Makoa Freitas
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Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1979-11-23) November 23, 1979 (age 44)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school: Kamehameha-Kapalama
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
College: Arizona
NFL draft: 2003  / Round: 6 / Pick: 208
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:28
Games started:6
Player stats at PFR

Rockne Makoa Freitas (born November 23, 1979) is a former American football offensive lineman. He is the son of former NFL player Rocky Freitas.

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Early life

Freitas attended Kamehameha High School. He earned PrepStar All-America honors, also he was selected to the Western 100 honors from the Tacoma News Tribune. [1] He also was selected to the First-team all-state honors by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during high school. [1]

College career

He played college football at Arizona. [1] He was honorable mention All-Pac-10 during his tenure at Arizona. [1]

Professional career

In April 2003, he was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round (208th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft. [2] He was waived on August 31, 2003 and signed to the practice squad on September 2. He was promoted to the active roster on September 27 and played in 12 games, starting six, during the 2003 season. [3]

Freitas played in 16 games, no starts, for the Colts in 2004. He was placed on injured reserve on September 3, 2005. He was waived by the Colts on July 28, 2006. [3]

Coaching career

Freitas was named the interim head coach for the varsity football team at Kahuku High & Intermediate School 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. [4] He is currently an offensive assistant for the junior varsity football team at Kahuku High School. [5]

Personal life

Freitas is currently a comptroller at Brigham Young University, and is an accountant by trade. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Arizona Wildcats Profile". arizonawildcats.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Makoa Freitas". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Kahuku High names new head football coach". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2020-21 Coaches". Kahuku High & Intermediate School. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rising Star: Kahuku football coach Rockne Makoa Freitas". KHON2 News. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
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