Ram Pick - PISA TINOISAMOA with 2nd
By Rams Nation's staff
PISA TINOISAMOA, OLB Hawaii - Senior
HT:6'0 WT:210
FORTY: 4.6*
Position Rank: #5 OLB
Overall Rank: #88
*unofficial Played RB in high school but developed into a playmaking OLB for
Hawaii.
ANALYSIS:
Just an explosive playmaker. One of those guys who is always around the action.
Tinoisamoa makes plays from sideline to sideline. He is excellent on the blitz
and in coverage but in the straight run game he lacks the size to take on blockers.
He will be a guy who plays well in space and would excel with large DTs to keep
blockers off him. It is also possible that he could get a look at SS.
OVERALL: A playmaker but lack of size pushes him into the later
part of Day One.
Prep:
A 1999 graduate of Vista High School in California...earned three letters in
football...was the Palomar League, San Diego County, and CIF Defensive Player-of-the-Year
for 1998...a three-time all-league, all-state and all-CIF player while also
garnering All-American status his senior season...his 1996, '97, and '98 Panther
football teams won the Palomar League and CIF titles...head coach was Steve
Silberman...Sporting News and Bob Griese's College Football Yearbook picked
him as one of the Top 100 players in the country...Sporting News also rated
him as the Top 25 prospects in the West...defensively, recorded 75 tackles (12
for loss), six sacks, and three fumble recoveries (one for a TD) his senior
season...offensively, rushed for 1,600 yards and 23 touchdowns...first player
ever in San Diego County history to make CIF first team on both offense and
defense.
Personal:
Born July 15, 1981, in San Diego, Calif...chose Hawai'i over Colorado, San Diego
State, Fresno State, Arizona, and Texas...has two brothers and a nephew...parents
are Ruta Aunese-Tinoisamoa of Vista, Calif., and Autasia Tinoisamoa of Olosega,
Manu'a.