Education
Onosai attended University Laboratory School where he was a 240-pound fullback.
Onosai attended University Laboratory School where he was a 240-pound fullback.
Onosai is a Samoan tribal prince and was drafted by the National Football League Dallas Cowboys. He reached the finals of the twice (1994 and 1995). He received a scholarship to play for the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he was converted to an offensive guard as a freshman.
As a senior he was moved to center and received Honorable-Mention All-American honors.
He was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference performer in 1985 and 1986. Onosai was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (151st overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft to play center.
During a practice in training camp, he suffered a serious neck injury and was subsequently diagnosed with a narrow spinal column condition (cervical spinal stenosis), which forced him to announce his early retirement on August first, 1987. lieutenant would eventually take 4 days for the strength in his legs to return and 2 years to get his upper-body strength back to normal.
He participated in the s for many years.
At 6-feet-4 and 400 pounds, he developed a 65-inch chest, 22-inch biceps and the power lift was his specialty. He made it to the finals twice, in 1994 and 1995. Onosai has been a pastor at Destiny Christian Church since 2011.
