A Few Jersey # Changes for Regular Season

44Champs · 09-12-2015, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Cool story on Kikaha's reasoning...

I didn't see anything on this...

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SmashMouth · 09-13-2015, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by 44Champs

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New Orleans Saints rookie linebacker Hau'oli Kikaha said his jersey change to No. 44 was a tribute to the overall spot where the team picked him in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft, he said Friday.

He also preferred the number over the No. 45 he wore through the offseason and preseason as a tribute to the No. 8 he wore in college at Washington, as in four plus four equals eight.

"One of my friends pointed it out," Kikaha said.

But those weren't the only reasons for the number change.

The clincher came with something his grandmother told him.

"I'm the 44th descendent of my great-grandmother, who's like our favorite person in our family," Kikaha said. "She's going to be 100 in two years."

New Orleans Saints' Hau'oli Kikaha explains reason for jersey number change | NOLA.com

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44Champs Site Donor Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,589	Re: A Few Jersey # Changes for Regular Season Originally Posted by SmashMouth Cool story on Kikaha's reasoning... I didn't see anything on this... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
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09-13-2015, 09:15 AM	#2
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,803 Blog Entries: 29	Re: A Few Jersey # Changes for Regular Season Originally Posted by 44Champs I didn't see anything on this... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk New Orleans Saints rookie linebacker Hau'oli Kikaha said his jersey change to No. 44 was a tribute to the overall spot where the team picked him in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft, he said Friday. He also preferred the number over the No. 45 he wore through the offseason and preseason as a tribute to the No. 8 he wore in college at Washington, as in four plus four equals eight. "One of my friends pointed it out," Kikaha said. But those weren't the only reasons for the number change. The clincher came with something his grandmother told him. "I'm the 44th descendent of my great-grandmother, who's like our favorite person in our family," Kikaha said. "She's going to be 100 in two years." New Orleans Saints' Hau'oli Kikaha explains reason for jersey number change \| NOLA.com Crusader and 44Champs like this.

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