{"id":2374,"date":"2024-08-02T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2024-08-02T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T20:04:08","slug":"rams-star-puka-nacuas-older-brother-who-is-also-a-wide-receiver-has-just-been-signed-by-an-nfl-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2374","title":{"rendered":"Rams Star Puka Nacua\u2019s Older Brother, Who Is Also A Wide Receiver, Has Just Been Signed By An NFL Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Puka Nacua had a stellar first season in the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>, making 105 receptions for 1,486 receiving yards and six touchdowns after the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0drafted him in the fifth round last year.<\/p>\n<p>The former BYU star was an absolute revelation in 2023, and Rams fans are excited at the prospect of an improved second term.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the league is set for a twofer as another Nacua\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.neworleanssaints.com\/news\/samson-nacua-new-orleans-saints-receiver-signed-terminate-contract-nathan-peterman-roster-moves-august-2-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has been signed by an NFL team<\/a>. As it turns out, the Rams star has an older brother who was just acquired by the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-orleans-saints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Orleans Saints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mickey Loomis, the Saints executive vice president and general manager, revealed on Friday that the team signed Samson Nacua. He also announced the termination of quarterback Nathan Peterman.<\/p>\n<p>The older Nacua went undrafted in 2022 before he was signed by the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>\u00a0and participated in their training camp. However, things didn\u2019t work out with the AFC South outfit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>He ended up in the USFL, playing two games for the Pittsburgh Maulers last season and featuring for the Michigan Panthers in the UFL this year, making 11 receptions for 125 yards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Saints<\/a> have signed wide receiver Samson Nacua, the brother of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rams?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rams<\/a> star Puka.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans also released NFL legend Nathan Peterman. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJZZLfi7XL\">pic.twitter.com\/sJZZLfi7XL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1819396901776904701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-puka-nacua-and-his-brothers-all-suited-up-for-byu\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Puka Nacua And His Brothers All Suited Up For BYU<\/h2>\n<p>Samson Nacua spent five years at the University of Utah, playing in 45 games, eight of them starts.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old earned a scholarship as a freshman after joining the team as a walk-on. He recorded 82 receptions, 1,015 yards, and 11 scores before transferring to BYU for his final season, where he played with Puka. Samson appeared in 12 games and made 21 receptions for 329 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Puka and Samson have two other brothers, Isaiah and Kai, who also played for BYU.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\">\n<p>The new Saints wideout could be one to watch in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puka Nacua had a stellar first season in the\u00a0NFL, making 105 receptions for 1,486 receiving yards and six touchdowns after the\u00a0Los Angeles Rams\u00a0drafted him in the fifth round last year. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions\/2376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}