ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -He’s the player working ahead of Albert Haynesworth at Washington Redskins training camp. He’s also trying to make a comeback of his own.
Ma’ake Kemoeatu (ma-AH’-kay kay-moy-AH’-too) started at nose tackle in the Redskins’ first preseason game and is expected to do so again Saturday when Washington hosts Baltimore.
Kemoeatu missed all of last season with Carolina due to a torn Achilles’ tendon. He says he weighed about 400 pounds before the injury and is now working hard to get himself down to 340 or so.
The Redskins sent their strength and conditioning coach along when Kemoeatu returned to his home in Hawaii after the final spring minicamp. Kemoeatu felt he needed someone to keep an eye on him so he could keep his weight down.
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