University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2024 (Sophomore):

• Redshirted.

2023:

• Appeared in 10 games primarily on special teams.
• Finished the season with two tackles.
• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors.

• A 2022 graduate of Mililani High School in O‘ahu. 
• Received honorable mention All-Hawai‘i recognition from ScoringLive as a senior in 2021.
• A first-team All-OIA Open Division selection.
• Named the team’s defensive MVP.
• Came away with a pair of interceptions, returning one for a TD, while recording a sack and 22 tackles. 
• Also ran for three TDs and caught an 84-yard touchdown pass.
• Spent freshman through junior seasons at Damien High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu.
• An honorable mention All-Hawai‘i honoree as an all-purpose player as a sophomore in 2019.  
• Picked off a pair of passes and recorded eight TFLs while also catching 39 passes for 393 yards and two touchdowns.
• Graduated cum laude.

• Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu.
• Full first name is Makanale‘a.
• Majoring in kinesiology and rehabilitation science.
• Great grandfather Francis Meyer played running back at UH.
• Has two brothers.
• Brother Kalei was a defensive lineman for Nevada.
• Parents are Francis Meyer and Kimberly Corpuz of Waipahu, O‘ahu.