Tim Manoa

Timote Taliai Manoa (born September 9, 1964) is a Tongan-born former professional football player. He played fullback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts. He played collegiately at Penn State and was a member of both the 1986 national championship team. Manoa was born in Tonga, but at age 10 moved to Hawaii where he discovered American football. He attended Kahuku High School from grades 7 to 9 before moving to Wexford, Pennsylvania. There he attended North Allegheny High . Manoa was named a Parade All-American and was heavily recruited by several top college football programs, including West Virginia, Pitt, Hawaii, and Ohio State, before selecting Penn State.

After outstanding junior and senior seasons as part of Penn State's "Baby Bull Backfield" fullback tandem (with Steve Smith), Manoa was invited to the Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl, and the NFL Combine where his NFL draft stock rose steadily. He was selected in the 3rd round (#80) of the 1987 NFL draft by the Browns. He would play 3 seasons in Cleveland under Marty Schottenheimer and Bud Carson before moving on for a final season with Indianapolis.

Manoa now teaches speed training at Rocky's Personalized Training in Boardman, Ohio.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1987	CLE	12	0	23	116	5.0	35	0	1	8	8.0	8	0
1988	CLE	16	4	99	389	3.9	34	2	10	54	5.4	9	0
1989	CLE	16	15	87	289	3.3	22	3	27	241	8.9	32	2
1991	IND	9	5	27	144	5.3	44	1	2	5	2.5	5	0
		53	24	236	938	4.0	44	6	40	308	7.7	32	2

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1987	CLE	2	0	4	10	2.5	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
1988	CLE	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
1989	CLE	2	0	5	11	2.2	3	1	1	8	8.0	8	0
		5	0	9	21	2.3	6	1	1	8	8.0	8	0