Veikune in 2010. |
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| No. 95 Saskatchewan Roughriders | |
| Defensive end | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: December 12, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: Anchorage, Alaska | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 270 lb (122 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Hawaii | |
| NFL Draft: 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52 | |
| Debuted in 2009 for the Cleveland Browns | |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Career NFL statistics as of 2009 | |
| Tackles | 0 |
| Sacks | 0.0 |
| Forced fumbles | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
David Fa'otusia Veikune (born December 12, 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a Canadian football defensive end for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Hawaii.
He has also played for the Denver Broncos.
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Veikune played high school football at Campbell High School in 'Ewa Beach, Hawai'i.[1] As a senior he posted 92 tackles, 26 tfl's and 16.5 sacks. He was named 1st team by the starbulliten and the Honolulu advertiser.
He started his career at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was redshirted in 2004.
He transferred to Fresno City College where he spent a year. He earned All-Northern California honorable mention.
Later he transferred to the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he saw action as a special teamer and as backup in 2006. In 2007, Veikune was named a 1st team ALL-WAC Selection even though he never started a game. He led the WAC in sacks with seven (pre-bowl). In 2008, Veikune earned a 2nd team ALL-WAC Selection after he was the team’s third leading tackler with 73 and was among the WAC’s leaders with 16.5 tackles for loss and nine sacks. He played Defensive Tackle and Defensive End at Hawaii. He also had 11 quarterback hurries and forced four fumbles.
He was invited to play in the 2009 Senior Bowl[2] to play for the South Team.
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic | |||||||
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| 6 ft 2⅜ in | 257 lb | 34.3 in | 10 in | 4.75 s | 1.59 s | 2.76 s | 4.46 s | 7.20 s | 33 in | 9 ft 2 in | 35 rep | 28 | |||||||
| 40 (and splits) from Hawaii Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine.[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
Veikune was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. The pick was acquired from the New York Jets in an earlier trade that allowed the Jets to draft quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Veikune appeared in 10 games as a rookie. He was placed on season-ending injured reserve on January 2, 2010.[4]
Veikune was waived by the Browns on September 7, 2010.
On November 17, 2010, Veikune signed with the Denver Broncos. He was waived on August 29, 2011.
On November 3, 2011, it was announced that Veikune had signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[5][6]
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