Makoa Freitas

Rockne Makoa Freitas is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats. He is the son of former NFL player Rocky Freitas.

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. He also was selected to the first-team all-state honors by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during high school.

He played college football at the University of Arizona. He was honorable mention football teams|All-Pac-10] during his tenure at Arizona.

In April 2003, he was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. 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.
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.

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

Freitas is currently a comptroller at Brigham Young University and is an accountant by trade.