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Dominick Puni

Guard, San Francisco 49ers · #77.

Player facts

Team: San Francisco 49ers
Position: Guard
Number: 77
Born: Feb 24, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Saint Charles, MO, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 313 lbs
College: Kansas
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

About

Dominick Puni (POU-nee; born February 24, 2000) is an American professional football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Central Missouri Mules and Kansas Jayhawks.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dominick Puni, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Puni was born on February 24, 2000, in St. Charles, Missouri. He attended Francis Howell Central High School in Cottleville, Missouri.

College career

Puni played college football at the University of Central Missouri from 2018 to 2021. He did not play in 2020 due to the team's season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and played in only one game in 2021 due to injury. Puni transferred to the University of Kansas in 2022. He started all 24 games he played in during his two years at Kansas. He opted out of the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl in order to prepare for the 2024 NFL draft.

Personal life

Puni hails from a family of athletes. His parents, Teu and Jessica, were both college athletes at Truman State University. His father was a football player, and his mother played volleyball. His brothers, Derrick and Devin, were also football players, attending Central Missouri, one of the schools Dominic played college football at. His sister, Brianna, was also a college basketball player at Illinois State.

Puni is also the cousin of NFL defensive end A. J. Epenesa.

Puni is of Samoan ancestry, and was a finalist for the Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award in 2023.

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