Rey Maualuga
Rey Maualuga was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States on January 20th, 1987 and is the Football Player. At the age of 37, Rey Maualuga biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Rey T. Maualuga (born January 20, 1987) is a former American football linebacker.
He played college football at the University of California and was named unanimous All-American.
In the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted him.
He has also played for the Miami Dolphins.
Personal life
Maualuga was born at Reynolds Army Community Hospital in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to American Samoan parents, Talatonu and Tina Maualuga. Talatonu's father, who was stationed in Oklahoma with the United States Army, was stationed in Oklahoma. The family migrated from Waipahu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, within a few months. In Hawaii, the family lived in poverty. Maualuga began playing football when he was in sixth grade because he watched the famous kids play football and carried their pads and helmets to school. Maualuga was not only passionate about football, but he also had a passion for attending church with his family. Rey's family attended First Samoan Full Gospel Pentecostal Church in Waipahu and Moanalua, where he was a member of the FSFGPC youth group. As his father's father began Pentecostal ministry in Oxnard, California, his family moved to Oxnard, California, after sixth grade. He spent his first year of high school in Ventura before heading to Eureka, California, where his father served in ministry.
He wrote "RIP" on the eye black paint under his right eye and "DAD" under his left eye during Maualuga's freshman year, in honor of his father, who died two days before the 2005 National Championship Game was played. His dad died after suffering brain cancer, and black eye paint under both eyes reads "DAD" in silver, and he died as a result. He has two younger brothers.
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He has one daughter.
High school career
Maualuga attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California where he played on a team with Lorenzo Booker. He moved to Eureka, California before his sophomore year where he played with future Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Maurice Purify. His team, the Eureka High School Loggers completed their perfect 13-0 season with a North Coast Section championship at the Redwood Bowl during his junior year. That year, he posted 146 tackles, 43 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and one interception. In his senior year he had 96 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, four interceptions (two returned for touchdowns), two fumble recoveries, and one kickoff return for a touchdown. Eureka achieved an impressive 20-2-1 win–loss–tie record during his junior and senior seasons. Following his high school senior season, Maualuga played in the by-invitation 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
College career
Maualuga attended the University of Southern California, and played for coach Pete Carroll's USC Trojans football team from 2005 to 2008. He was known for his emotional intensity both on the field and off. Carroll's Trojans had previously developed strong linebackers such as Lofa Tatupu and Keith Rivers, as well as Maualuga's fellow senior teammates Brian Cushing, Kaluka Maiava and Clay Matthews III, which were touted as one of the most talented linebacker corps in college football.
As a freshman in 2005, Maualuga earned Freshman All-American first-team honors from the Football Writers Association of America and Scout.com; also he won USC's John McKay Award (most competitive spirit). Off the field his career started with occasional spirited and reckless partying that led to an October 2005 incident where he got into a fight at a Halloween party and was arrested for misdemeanor battery. He agreed in an arraignment diversion program that included counseling, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and community service resulting in the charges being dismissed. Maualuga later noted that: "You learn that you're only given a certain number of chances. If you keep going back to the same things you were doing, it shows that you don't learn from anything."
In 2006, Maualuga returned in full form and was nominated for the Butkus Award and second team All-Pac-10. He made his first start in place of injured senior Oscar Lua against Nebraska.
Maualuga was considered a top choice for the 2008 NFL Draft, but he decided to stay for his senior year in college.
At the end of the 2007 regular season, Maualuga was selected to the All-Pacific-10 Conference first team for the second year in a row by league coaches. He was the defensive player-of-the-game in the 2008 Rose Bowl.
Maualuga wears jersey number 58, which was previously worn by former Trojan linebacker and NFL Pro Bowl player Lofa Tatupu, who, like Maualuga, is also of Samoan descent. Mindful of his heritage, Maualuga displays many bold, warrior-like Polynesian tattoos on his arms and legs. Some NFL scouts have compared Maualuga to former Trojan and NFL linebacker Junior Seau and former Trojan and retired Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, both of Samoan descent, for their sideline-to-sideline aggressive style of defense play, and Polamalu's shared preference for displaying long Polynesian warrior-style hair tucked under their football helmet.
In addition to being named the 2008 winner of the Chuck Bednarik Award, Maualuga was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American, receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, CBS Sportsline.com, College Football News, ESPN and Rivals.com. Maualuga was also chosen to participate in the 2009 Senior Bowl with some of his other USC teammates.
Professional career
Maualuga was one of twelve graduating 2008 senior USC players, including the four senior linebackers (Maualuga, Cushing, Maiava, and Matthews), invited to the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine.
In the lead up to the 2009 NFL Draft, Maualuga was ranked as one of the top middle linebackers entering the draft, alongside Ohio State's James Laurinaitis. USC linebackers Maualuga, Cushing, and Matthews were all featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 2009 NFL Draft Preview magazine, as all three were regarded as potential first round selections.
Despite being projected as a first round pick, Maualuga was picked in the second round by the Cincinnati Bengals. He was projected by some, and expecting, to go 16th overall to the San Diego Chargers, who instead opted to select hybrid linebacker/defensive end Larry English out of Northern Illinois. After being selected, Maualuga cried as he gave thanks to his late father and said he was thankful for his opportunity as "Nothing like this was ever expected for our family." His selection came one year after the Bengals used a first-round pick to select Maualuga's college teammate, linebacker Keith Rivers.
On December 30, 2009, Maualuga was placed on injured reserve due to a dislocated elbow. He finished his rookie season with 64 tackles, one sack, three forced fumbles, and three pass deflections in 15 games started.
On November 16, 2012, Maualuga was fined $15,750 for unnecessary roughness against the New York Giants.
Maualuga signed a new two-year, $6.5 million contract with the Bengals on March 18, 2013.
On March 25, 2017, Maualuga was released by the Bengals.
On August 19, 2017, Maualuga signed with the Miami Dolphins. He was released on November 18, 2017, following his arrest the previous night.