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Rey Maualuga
Maualuga with "DAD" eye black stickers
College	USC
Conference	Pac 10
Sport	Football
Position	Linebacker
Jersey #	58
Class	Junior
Major	Sociology
Nickname	Rey Rey
Career	2005 – present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	250 pounds (113.4 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	January 20 1987 (1987-01-20) (age 21) Oklahoma
High school	Eureka High School, Eureka, California
Awards
2007 All-Pac-10 First Team 2006 All-Pac-10 Second Team 2005 Freshman All-American

Rey Maualuga (born January 20, 1987 in Oklahoma) is an American football middle linebacker for the University of Southern California Trojans football team.

1 Early life
2 High school career
3 College Career
4 Trivia
5 External links
6 References

Early life

He lived in Oklahoma for a few years, then moved to Hawaii, where he lived in Waipahu, Hawaii, he grew up there about 8 years, after getting caught up and affiliated with a notorious gang called "True Samoan Kings", he then moved to California hoping it will get him into a positive movement.

High school career

He attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California where he played with Lorenzo Booker. He moved to Eureka, California before his junior year where he played with Nebraska University wide receiver Maurice Purify. His team, the Loggers completed their perfect 13-0 season with a North Coast Section championship at the Redwood Bowl during his junior year. Maualuga bench presses 495, squats 785, does the 40 in 4.5 and has a 34-inch vertical jump. Maualuga earned 2004 Parade All-American, USA Today All-USA first team, Super Prep Elite 50, Prep Star Top 100 Dream Team, Student Sports Top 100, Rivals 100, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, Tom Lemming All-American, Scout.com All-American first team, EA Sports All-American second team, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Orange County Register Fab 15 first team and Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team honors as a senior linebacker at Eureka (Calif.) High. He had 96 tackles, 37 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions (2 for TDs), -2 fumble recoveries and 1 kickoff return for a touchdown in 2004. As a junior in 2003, he was a Student Sports Junior All-American and Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass first team pick while posting 146 tackles, 43 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and 1 interception. Eureka went 20-2-1 during his junior and senior seasons.

College Career

Maualuga on the sidelines of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium

Maualuga plays college football for the University of Southern California. He wears number 58, which was previously worn by Lofa Tatupu who like Maualuga is also of Samoan descent. Maualuga is a 2007 preseason Athlon and CBS Sportsline All-American and on the 2007 Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch lists and is considered a top choice for the 2008 NFL Draft should he forgoe 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.^[1] He was the defensive player-of-the-game in the 2008 Rose Bowl.^[2] In 2006 he was nominated for the Butkus Award and second team All-Pac-10. He made the 2005 Football Writers Freshman All-American first team and Scout.com Freshman All-American first team; also he won USC's John McKay Award (most competitive spirit). Some NFL scouts have compared Maualuga to former Trojan and current Steelers safety Troy Polamalu for his aggressive style of play at linebacker, although Polamalu played both positions at USC before switching to safety for the Steelers.

Trivia

Pregame Ritual

He writes "RIP" on the eye-black sticker under his right eye and "DAD" on the eye-black sticker under his left eye in honor of his dad who passed away two days before the Rose Bowl after battling brain cancer during Maualuga’s freshman season.