Maikon Bonani
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 29, 1989 Matão, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lake Wales (Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.) |
| College | South Florida |
| NFL draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Maikon Bonani (born January 29, 1989) is a former American football placekicker from Brazil. He played college football for the South Florida Bulls. An undrafted free agent following the 2013 NFL draft, Bonani spent two offseasons with the Tennessee Titans in 2013 and 2014 and never played in a regular season game.
Born in 1989 to Marcia and Sidney Bonani, Maikon grew up in his birth city of Matão, São Paulo. When he was 11 years old, he moved from Brazil to the U.S. and lived in Lake Wales, in Polk County, Florida. While working at Busch Gardens Tampa in 2009, Bonani plunged 10.6 meters (35 feet) off of the sky gondola ride Skyride. He sustained an injury to his 12th thoracic vertebra due to the fall.[1]
College career
During his days in Lake Wales High School, he played both in junior and senior category as one of the main kickers with his personal best longest shot at a distance of 55 yards. In 2007, a Florida-based journal, the Lakeland Ledger, named him the male athlete of the year.[citation needed] He also got recognized as the football player of the year, the same year. After high school, he opted to study at University of South Florida.