"Puka" is a nickname given to the Rams sensation during his infancy. The name derives from Nacua's Samoan heritage. “In Samoan, it means fat and chubby," Nacua explained in a 2019 interview ...

Samoan fa'afafine, for example ... "Hazy! Hazy!" They call my name. So I ask my friends, "If I go on the ballot for an MP, I'm sure that I'm going to win…"[LAUGHS]' ...