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Etu Baraka Molden (born January 18, 1979 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
) is an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 wide receiver
Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible receiver to catch a forward pass....
/linebacker
Linebacker

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 for the Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush

The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team....
. He attended the University of Montana.

en attended Jesuit High School
Jesuit High School of Sacramento

Jesuit High School of Sacramento is a Roman Catholic Church high school founded and run by the Society of Jesus. The school enrolls about 1,000 young men from all over the greater Sacramento Valley in California....
 in Carmichael, California
Carmichael, California

Carmichael is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento, California–Arden-Arcade, California–Roseville, California Sacramento metropolitan area....
, where he lettered
Letterman

A letterman, in U.S. sports, performing arts or academics, is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation and/or performance on a Varsity team, marching band, or in other performance school-sponsored activities....
 in football
High school football

High school football, referring to the American football code in the United States and the Canadian football code in Canada, is one of the most popular interscholastic sports at high schools in both countries....
, basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, and track
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
.

ttended and played for Montana from 1998-2001. Molden finished his career at Montana with 161 catches for 2,300 yards and 26 touchdowns. Molden also tallied 51 receptions for 620 yards and 4 touchdowns in the Division I-AA playoffs (which the Grizzlies reached each year of Molden's collegiate
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 career).

Molden was a first-team All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I, with college football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision....
 selection after catching a team high 102 passes for 1,414 yards and 14 touchdowns in his senior season, and started all 16 games during Montana's 2001 season, the Division I-AA national champions that year.

Etu was named the co-winner of the team’s outstanding offensive player award after recording 6 games with over 100 receiving yards.

As a junior, Molden earned second team all-conference honors after catching a team high 56 passes for 699 yards and 6 touchdowns during the regular season.

Played his first season as wide receiver in 1999, catching 29 passes for 456 yards and 6 scores.






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Etu Baraka Molden (born January 18, 1979 in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
) is an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 wide receiver
Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible receiver to catch a forward pass....
/linebacker
Linebacker

File:Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpgA Linebacker is a position in American football and Canadian football that was invented by football coach Fielding Yost of the University of Michigan....
 for the Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush

The Chicago Rush is a team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 2001 expansion team....
. He attended the University of Montana.

High school years

Molden attended Jesuit High School
Jesuit High School of Sacramento

Jesuit High School of Sacramento is a Roman Catholic Church high school founded and run by the Society of Jesus. The school enrolls about 1,000 young men from all over the greater Sacramento Valley in California....
 in Carmichael, California
Carmichael, California

Carmichael is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento, California–Arden-Arcade, California–Roseville, California Sacramento metropolitan area....
, where he lettered
Letterman

A letterman, in U.S. sports, performing arts or academics, is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation and/or performance on a Varsity team, marching band, or in other performance school-sponsored activities....
 in football
High school football

High school football, referring to the American football code in the United States and the Canadian football code in Canada, is one of the most popular interscholastic sports at high schools in both countries....
, basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, and track
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
.

Collegiate career at Montana

He attended and played for Montana from 1998-2001. Molden finished his career at Montana with 161 catches for 2,300 yards and 26 touchdowns. Molden also tallied 51 receptions for 620 yards and 4 touchdowns in the Division I-AA playoffs (which the Grizzlies reached each year of Molden's collegiate
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 career).

Molden was a first-team All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division I, with college football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision....
 selection after catching a team high 102 passes for 1,414 yards and 14 touchdowns in his senior season, and started all 16 games during Montana's 2001 season, the Division I-AA national champions that year.

Etu was named the co-winner of the team’s outstanding offensive player award after recording 6 games with over 100 receiving yards.

As a junior, Molden earned second team all-conference honors after catching a team high 56 passes for 699 yards and 6 touchdowns during the regular season.

Played his first season as wide receiver in 1999, catching 29 passes for 456 yards and 6 scores. Molden spent his freshman season at Montana as a safety
Safety (American football)

Safety is an American football and Canadian football position played by a member of the American football positions#Defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage....
 and made 19 tackles.

In 2001, Molden was tagged as Montana's "Go To Guy." He was instrumental in many key wins during the Grizzlies' national championship campaign, including a game winning touchdown catch against conference foe Eastern Washington
Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University is a public comprehensive state university. The main campus is located in Cheney, Washington and has a branch campus in Spokane, Washington, Washington....
 in double overtime. Molden was also nicknamed "The Sacramento Killer" for catching game-touchdown passes against Sacramento State
California State University, Sacramento

California State University, Sacramento is a public university located in the city of Sacramento, California, California. It is part of the California State University system....
 two consecutive years (1999 and 2000). This is notable considering Molden is from Sacramento.

Molden was also a fan favorite at Montana, particularly with the infamous "North Endzone" of Washington-Grizzly Stadium
Washington-Grizzly Stadium

Washington-Grizzly Stadium is an outdoor American football stadium on the campus of the University of Montana on Campus Dr in Missoula, Montana....
.

Arena football career

In three seasons with the Rush, Molden caught 264 passes for 3,132 yards and scored 71 touchdowns. He was named to the league’s All-Rookie
Rookie

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 team in 2004 and the All-Ironman team in 2005. In 2006, despite missing four regular season games due to injury, he still led the Rush with 67 receptions and helped them win ArenaBowl XX
ArenaBowl XX

ArenaBowl XX, held on Sunday, June 11, 2006, was played to determine the championship of the 2006 Arena Football League season of the Arena Football League....
 in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
.

Molden was released by the Chicago Rush on February 27, 2007, in the team's final cutdown before the start of the regular season. He was signed by the Las Vegas Gladiators
Las Vegas Gladiators

The Cleveland Gladiators are an Arena Football League franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. The franchise was previously based in East Rutherford, New Jersey and later in Las Vegas, Nevada....
, prior to the start of the season. 3/4 of the way through the season, Las Vegas released him. On May 31, 2007 the Chicago Rush re-signed Molden.

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