Super Senior (2022)
First-team All-Conference USA selection on the offensive line … William V. Campbell Trophy finalist and National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete … was inducted into the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society … College Sports Communicators Academic All-American and Academic All-District pick … C-USA All-Academic Team honoree … started all 14 contests at center … key member of an offense that ranked 12th nationally in total offense (476.0 ypg), 13th in passing yards per game (300.7) and 14th in scoring (36.8) … helped provide protection for an aerial attack that set single season school records for passing yards (4,210), passing touchdowns (34), completions (341), attempts (503), completion percentage (.678) and passing efficiency (156.8) … also helped pave the way for a ground game that churned out 2,454 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns … only surrendered one sack and did not give up any additional hits on the quarterback in 600 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus (PFF) … was flagged for only four penalties in 1,035 total plays per PFF … was a member of preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award and Polynesian College Football Player of the Year … played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in January at the Rose Bowl.
Senior (2021)
Second-team All-Conference USA pick for the second straight season … Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College Second Team choice … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … C-USA All-Academic Team selection … started all 14 contests at center … played 884 snaps and allowed just one sack and three hits on the quarterback in 471 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus … helped pave the way for an offense that set school records for total yards (6,146), total yards per game (439.0), passing yards (3,577), passing yards per game (255.5), points scored (516) and points per game (36.9) … drew starts in seven contests where UTSA piled up 200-plus rushing yards including a season-high 304 in the 49-41 win over WKU (Dec. 3) in the C-USA Championship Game … started in the 52-46 road triumph over WKU (Oct. 9) that saw the Roadrunners tally a season-best 564 yards of offense … helped the offense rack up 561 total yards — 275 on the ground and 286 through the air — in the 44-23 victory at UTEP (Nov. 6) … helped clear paths for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,479 yards and 15 touchdowns … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Junior (2020)
Second-team All-Conference USA selection … member of the Rimington Trophy watch list … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District pick … made 11 starts on the offensive line, 10 at center and one at right guard … allowed just one sack and three hits on the quarterback in 430 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus … helped the offense break UTSA single-season records for rushing yards (2,585), rushing yards per game (215.4), yards per rush (5.21) and rushing touchdowns (24) … helped pave the way for All-American running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,467 yards and 11 touchdowns … started at center in the record-setting regular season finale that saw the offense pile up a program-record 624 yards of offense, including a school-record 443 on the ground, in a 49-17 rout of North Texas (Nov. 28) … helped the offense pile up 330 rushing yards in the 51-48 double-overtime win at Texas State (Sept. 12) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Sophomore (2019)
Drew the starting assignment at center in all 12 games in his debut season for UTSA … key part of an offensive line that helped the Roadrunners tally 4,139 yards of offense, including a ground attack that posted 1,950 yards and a passing offense that produced 2,189 … made his debut in the 35-7 season-opening victory over UIW (Aug. 31) and helped the Roadrunners churn out 284 rushing yards, the eighth-best total in school history … helped UTSA register 320 yards on the ground — No. 3 on the program's single-game chart — behind two 100-yard rushers in the 26-16 road win at UTEP (Oct. 5) … helped pave the way for Freshman All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 983 yards and eight touchdowns and broke the program's single-season all-purpose yardage mark with 1,177 yards … C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Offensive guard for head coach Jason Brown at Independence Community College in 2018 … appeared in seven contests for the Pirates as a freshman … helped pave the way for an offense that piled up 3,200 yards (1,477 rushing/1,723 passing) … standout offensive lineman for head coach Charles Ane at Punahou High School in Honolulu … earned honorable mention all-state accolades as a senior … enrolled at UTSA in January 2019.
Personal
Born Dec. 28, 1999, son of Falanisi and Kuenilingi Maka … has three sisters, Emalata, Pineti and Mapuana and one brother, Logini ... earned his bachelor's degree in cyber security in August 2022 … working toward his master's degree in management of technology.
First-team All-Conference USA selection on the offensive line … William V. Campbell Trophy finalist and National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete … was inducted into the 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society … College Sports Communicators Academic All-American and Academic All-District pick … C-USA All-Academic Team honoree … started all 14 contests at center … key member of an offense that ranked 12th nationally in total offense (476.0 ypg), 13th in passing yards per game (300.7) and 14th in scoring (36.8) … helped provide protection for an aerial attack that set single season school records for passing yards (4,210), passing touchdowns (34), completions (341), attempts (503), completion percentage (.678) and passing efficiency (156.8) … also helped pave the way for a ground game that churned out 2,454 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns … only surrendered one sack and did not give up any additional hits on the quarterback in 600 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus (PFF) … was flagged for only four penalties in 1,035 total plays per PFF … was a member of preseason watch lists for the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award and Polynesian College Football Player of the Year … played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in January at the Rose Bowl.
Senior (2021)
Second-team All-Conference USA pick for the second straight season … Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College Second Team choice … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … C-USA All-Academic Team selection … started all 14 contests at center … played 884 snaps and allowed just one sack and three hits on the quarterback in 471 pass-blocking snaps according to Pro Football Focus … helped pave the way for an offense that set school records for total yards (6,146), total yards per game (439.0), passing yards (3,577), passing yards per game (255.5), points scored (516) and points per game (36.9) … drew starts in seven contests where UTSA piled up 200-plus rushing yards including a season-high 304 in the 49-41 win over WKU (Dec. 3) in the C-USA Championship Game … started in the 52-46 road triumph over WKU (Oct. 9) that saw the Roadrunners tally a season-best 564 yards of offense … helped the offense rack up 561 total yards — 275 on the ground and 286 through the air — in the 44-23 victory at UTEP (Nov. 6) … helped clear paths for All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,479 yards and 15 touchdowns … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Junior (2020)
Second-team All-Conference USA selection … member of the Rimington Trophy watch list … first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District pick … made 11 starts on the offensive line, 10 at center and one at right guard … allowed just one sack and three hits on the quarterback in 430 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus … helped the offense break UTSA single-season records for rushing yards (2,585), rushing yards per game (215.4), yards per rush (5.21) and rushing touchdowns (24) … helped pave the way for All-American running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for a school-record 1,467 yards and 11 touchdowns … started at center in the record-setting regular season finale that saw the offense pile up a program-record 624 yards of offense, including a school-record 443 on the ground, in a 49-17 rout of North Texas (Nov. 28) … helped the offense pile up 330 rushing yards in the 51-48 double-overtime win at Texas State (Sept. 12) … C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Sophomore (2019)
Drew the starting assignment at center in all 12 games in his debut season for UTSA … key part of an offensive line that helped the Roadrunners tally 4,139 yards of offense, including a ground attack that posted 1,950 yards and a passing offense that produced 2,189 … made his debut in the 35-7 season-opening victory over UIW (Aug. 31) and helped the Roadrunners churn out 284 rushing yards, the eighth-best total in school history … helped UTSA register 320 yards on the ground — No. 3 on the program's single-game chart — behind two 100-yard rushers in the 26-16 road win at UTEP (Oct. 5) … helped pave the way for Freshman All-America running back Sincere McCormick, who rushed for 983 yards and eight touchdowns and broke the program's single-season all-purpose yardage mark with 1,177 yards … C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior To UTSA
Offensive guard for head coach Jason Brown at Independence Community College in 2018 … appeared in seven contests for the Pirates as a freshman … helped pave the way for an offense that piled up 3,200 yards (1,477 rushing/1,723 passing) … standout offensive lineman for head coach Charles Ane at Punahou High School in Honolulu … earned honorable mention all-state accolades as a senior … enrolled at UTSA in January 2019.
Personal
Born Dec. 28, 1999, son of Falanisi and Kuenilingi Maka … has three sisters, Emalata, Pineti and Mapuana and one brother, Logini ... earned his bachelor's degree in cyber security in August 2022 … working toward his master's degree in management of technology.