Puka Nacua might not have appeared to be a fast runner, but the record-breaking rookie receiver's start with the Rams has been high-speed.
The name, like the mane, is wavy and lyrical. Puka Nacua. “It flows so wonderfully,” said Sam Lagana, Rams stadium announcer. “Pooo-kah Nah-kooo-ahhh. To give it that Polynesian flair with respect to his culture, and you can just see that smile come busting through his helmet.
His dark curls spill out of the bottom of his helmet and sometimes poke like pigtails out of vents on top. It wasn’t always that way. “There were times when his mom almost threatened to not let him play unless he got his hair cut,” recalled Jeremy Hill, Nacua’s coach in youth football and later at Orem High. “Mom was a pretty strong lady, so I doubt if it was an empty threat. Now he’s got that long mop on top of his head.
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