Bryant Moniz

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Bryant Moniz
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Moniz in 2010 with Hawaii.
Moanalua High School
Position: Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1989-01-01) January 1, 1989 (age 35)
Wahiawa, Hawaii, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Leilehua
(Wahiawa, Hawaii)
College: Hawaii
Undrafted: 2012
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:

OC/Quarterbacks Coach
Career highlights and awards
As player
  • Grey Cup Champion (2014)
  • First-team All-WAC (2011)
  • Second-team All-WAC (2010)
Career CFL statistics
TD–INT:1–0
Passing yards:29
Completion percentage:50.0
Career Arena statistics
TD–INT:16–2
Passing yards:875
Completion percentage:54.5
Passer rating:95.2
Rushing touchdowns:3
Player stats at CFL.ca  ·  ArenaFan.com

Bryant Moniz (born January 1, 1989) is a former American professional gridiron football quarterback. He last played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Early years

Moniz was born in Wahiawā, Hawai'i. He attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, where he was the starting quarterback for the Leilehua Mules for three years from 2004 to 2006. As a sophomore, Moniz passed for 2,879 yards and 27 touchdowns and led Leilehua to the state championship game. He was selected as an all-state player in both football and soccer. [1]

College career

Fresno City College

In 2007, Moniz enrolled at Fresno City College in Fresno, California. As Fresno's starting quarterback in 2007, Moniz passed for 2,268 yards and 18 touchdowns. Moniz later recalled his semester in Fresno as follows: "I lived in a studio with all eight of my animals (two bulldog puppies, two poi dogs and four rabbits). I was a real student-athlete at Fresno. I had a 4.0 (grade-point average) in my one semester there. I didn't have a car. My girlfriend was there, so I didn't go to too many parties. I pretty much went to school and played football." [2]

After one semester in Fresno, Moniz returned to Hawaii in 2008 with his girlfriend, Kiley Kealoha. The couple had a daughter who they named Cali in tribute to their time in Fresno. [2]

Hawaii

2009 season

In January 2009, Moniz enrolled at the University of Hawaii and joined the Hawaii Warriors football team as a non-scholarship walk-on player. Moniz began the 2009 season as Hawaii's third-string quarterback, but won the starting job after quarterbacks Brent Rausch and Greg Alexander were injured. [3] Moniz delivered pizzas to pay his school expenses and to support his daughter Cali, [4] [5] becoming "somewhat of a folk hero." [6] He played his first game as a starter against Fresno State on October 10, 2009. Although Hawaii lost 42–17, Moniz passed for 283 yards, including two touchdowns and two interceptions. In his second game as a starter, Moniz passed for 360 yards and rushed for another 32 yards against Idaho. Later in the season, Moniz missed three consecutive games because of a tear in his left biceps. [7] For the season, Moniz started eight games for the 2009 Hawaii Warriors football team. He completed 182 of 319 passes for 2,396 yards and 14 touchdowns. With a quarterback rating of 239.6, he ranked 29th nationally during the 2009 college football season. He also ranked 32nd in the nation with 251.3 yards of total offense per game.

2010 season

Through the first twelve games of the 2010 season, Moniz led the Warriors to a 9–3 record as he completed 287 of 434 passes for 3,934 yards and 28 touchdowns. [8] [9] After eight games, he led the nation in passing yards and total offense. [10] [11] [12] He threw six touchdown passes in a 66–7 win against Charleston Southern on October 2, 2010. The following week, he totaled 581 yards of total offense (532 passing yards and 49 rushing yards) in a 41–21 win over Louisiana Tech. [8] [13] He led the Warriors to an upset victory over previously unbeaten Nevada on October 16, 2010, as he completed 26 of 36 passes for three touchdowns and no interceptions. [14]

2011 season

In the fourth game of the 2011 season, Moniz tied an NCAA record by throwing seven touchdown passes in the first half in a 56–14 victory over UC Davis. Moniz completed 30 of 40 passes for 424 yards in the game.

The following week, Moniz completed 34 of 55 passes for 410 yards and four touchdowns against Louisiana Tech. After nine games, Moniz has completed 245 of 390 passes for 2,710 yards and 22 touchdowns. As of November 6, 2011, he ranked eighth among all NCAA Division I FBS players in passing yardage. [15]

On November 12, 2011, in the game against Nevada, Moniz broke his right tibia after being sacked. Hawaii lost that game 42–28, and Moniz was out for the season. [16] Moniz finished his career with 10,169 passing yards and 75 passing touchdowns, both of which are third in school history.

Statistics

SeasonPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2009 18231957.12,3961410128.4581172.01
2010 36155565.05,0403915159.1811021.34
2011 [17] 24539062.82,710225137.2802993.78
Total7881,26462.310,1467530141.62195182.413

Professional career

Georgia Force

In May 2012, Bryant Moniz signed with the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League (AFL). [18] Moniz played his first professional game on June 23, 2012 against the Utah Blaze, succeeding R. J. Archer as starting quarterback after Archer signed with an NFL team. He also ran 17 yards on 5 carries. [19] In the 61–38 loss, Moniz completed 27 of 47 passes for 243 yards and 3 touchdowns. [20] Moniz won his second start with Georgia the next week over the Orlando Predators, 56–53. He threw for 7 touchdowns on 21-for-29 passing over 273 yards. [21]

Calgary Stampeders

Moniz was signed by the Calgary Stampeders on May 23, 2014. He was released in June 2016.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On June 25, 2016, Moniz signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. [22] He fumbled in his only two plays from scrimmage as the Riders' 3rd down / short yardage quarterback. He was released from the team on July 11, 2016. [23]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Moniz signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on February 8, 2018. [24]

Coaching career

Moniz was named the offensive coordinator at Moanalua High School before the start of the 2020 HHSAA season. [25] [26]

See also

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