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PUPUNU TIGHT ENDS WEBER STATE (1991), UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (2003) FOURTH SEASON
Former San Diego Charger and one-time FCS single-season receptions record holder Al Pupunu is coach Paul Petrino's choice as the Vandals' tight ends coach.
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en nt Pupunu, who came to Idaho in 2010 after two seasons at Southern Utah University, spent nine seasons in the NFL sseven with the Chargers. A tight end, he was the O me e Offensive Player of the Game in the 1994 AFC Championship sh hip g d ds game and averaged 9.8 yards p per catch during his career. H He made his collegiate markk at W e FCS Weber State when he led the in receptions with 93 in 1991. 1. That m on ndmark still stands as the secondb C CS best ever by a tight end in FCS h history. H pla aying knowledge He was able to parlay that playing to coaching with Daniel Hardy, dy, who was in Pupunu's first tight ends gr roup at Idaho, group b y. Hardy’s 81being drafted by Tampa Bay. yyard hookup with former Idaho ah ho quarterback N 11th longest Nathan Enderle ties for the 11th p pass play in Vandal history. U o,, the tight Under his guidance at Idaho, e on nsistent and ends/H-backs have been consistent ssteady performers. A native of Tonga, Pupunu attended atttended D ye ears before Dixie State College for two years ttransferring to Weber State. Not N onlyy was he a a Weber State, an all-conference performer at h Am merican and is in he was a Walter Camp All-American tthe Wildcats' Hall of Fame ass well as the Dixie C Co llege Hall of Fame and Utah Sports Hall of Fame. Fame He was was presented with the Distinguished u uished College Utahn Award by former Prime Minister of England Margaret Thatcher. He and his wife, Mindi, have fve children - Miley, Kade, Brynnli, Kenna and Noah.