Timote Taliai Manoa (born September 9, 1964) is a Tongan-born former professionalfootball player. He playedfullback for four seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) for theCleveland Browns andIndianapolis Colts. He played collegiately atPenn State and was a member of both the1986 national championship team.Manoa was born in Tonga, but at age 10 moved toHawaii where he discovered American football.^[3] He attendedKahuku High School from grades 7 to 9 before moving toWexford, Pennsylvania. There he attendedNorth Allegheny High.^[3] Manoa was named a ParadeAll-American^[4] and was heavily recruited by several top college football programs, includingWest Virginia,Pitt,Hawaii, andOhio State, before selecting Penn State.^[3]

After outstanding junior and senior seasons as part of Penn State's "Baby Bull Backfield" fullback tandem (withSteve Smith),^[4] Manoa was invited to theHula Bowl,Senior Bowl, and theNFL Combine^[3] where his NFL draft stock rose steadily. He was selected in the 3rd round (#80) of the1987 NFL draft by the Browns.^[5] He would play 3 seasons in Cleveland underMarty Schottenheimer andBud Carson before moving on for a final season with Indianapolis.

Manoa now teaches speed training at Rocky's Personalized Training inBoardman, Ohio.^[3]

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• Cleveland Browns players
• Indianapolis Colts players
• Penn State Nittany Lions football players
• Players of American football from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Tongan emigrants to the United States
• Tongan players of American football
• 1964 births

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