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2026 Football Roster

44 Gordon Mohetau

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 226
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Euless, Texas
  • Highschool Euless Trinity

Biography

High School:
Was First-Team All-District his junior and senior years, was named the John Ridell MVP, and earned the Best Linebacker award for two years (2024, 2025) at Euless Trinity High School... Also earned Defensive Newcomer of the Year award as a sophomore... Team was District champs... A Texas high school football program has a decades-long pregame tradition with deep ties to Tongan culture. More than 20 years after the tradition was started, the haka is still a vital part of Euless Trinity's football team. According to lore, the tradition started in 2006 by Richie Kautai, at the urging of an assistant coach for the Trojans. The idea for the Trojans to implement the Haka into the pre-and post-game was approved by the staff, the Polynesian Club leaders and the local Tongan elders. The performance is very similar to the New Zealand rugby team, commonly referred to as the All Blacks. There have been hundreds of players across levels of football that have taken part in the haka or Sipi Tau before the game. The players essentially stand in a U formation. In the middle is a group of players with Tongan roots — an island country near Fiji. The percentage of pacific islanders in the town of 59,686 is only 1.4%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 numbers. A large number of the family's with Polynesian heritage were workers that came to Texas to work at the American Airlines headquarters near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. However, it is a tradition that everyone gets behind. When the players line up, hundreds of fans pull out their phones and get ready to record the happenings. It's a system that runs from youth to high school. The dance carries the same importance as the program's base offense and defense

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