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  Ben Moa
Ben Moa

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ogden, Utah

High School:
Ogden HS

Last College:
Modesto JC

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 257

Position:
TE

Birthdate:
04/22/1981

Experience:
1VC

UTAH: Big, versatile, fast tight end also played receiver and running back ... excellent hands ... 34 inch vertical jump ... can run around and over defenders ... originally signed with Utah in 1999 and took classes at the U. from 1999-2000 before transferring to Modesto JC.

2003: First-team all-conference tight end played in 12 games and started eight ... 26 catches for 366 yards ... 3 receiving touchdowns ... also played running back and rushed 31 times for 151 yards (4.9 yards per rush) and 3 TDs ... did everything in Utah's triple overtime win against Air Force: caught 5 passes for 68 yards, rushed 9 times for 26 yards and 3 touchdowns and passed for the game-winning two-point conversion ... 79 receiving yards vs. UNLV, a career-best, came on 1 reception ... 79-yard catch vs. Rebels tied for the ninth-longest pass play ever at Utah.

2002-Played in all 11 games, starting one ... 14 total receptions for 126 yards ... 3 catches for 43 yards against San Diego State ... 4 catches for 36 yards against Colorado State ... lettered.

1999- Redshirt.

PRIOR TO UTAH: No. 1 rated JC tight end by some services ... 2001 second-team All-American by J.C. Grid-Wire ... all-state and all-conference tight end was Modesto JC team captain ... tied school record with 13 catches in a game ... for season, averaged 17.6 yards per catch (45 receptions for 612 yards and 6 TDs) ... led Modesto to 9-2 record and victory over San Mateo in Graffiti Bowl ... played high school ball at Ogden High (Utah), where he was first-team all-state, all-region and all-area ... 38 receptions and 28 touchdown ... also lettered in basketball and track ... won state shot put championship and was runner-up in discus ... all-region and all-area basketball player ... basketball team captain for two years led Ogden High in rebounding ... was a junior before he took up football and basketball ... previously played rugby.

PERSONAL: Son of Lisa Hafoka Moa ... married to Christina Nuno ... son Sione ... enjoys fishing ... sociology major ... born April 22, 1981 in San Bernardino, Calif.

YEAR G/GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG
2002 11/1 14 126 9.0 0 21
2003 12/8 26 366 14.1 3 79
TOTALS 23/9 40 492 12.3 3

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