Joel Makovicka

Joel Makovicka (born October 6, 1975, in Brainard, Nebraska) is a former American football fullback who played for the Arizona Cardinals (1999–2002).

Joel Makovicka is one of the most decorated fullbacks in Husker history and owns the school record with 13 career touchdowns as a fullback for Nebraska from 1995 to 1998. During his stay at Nebraska, Makovicka was a two-time first-team academic All-American and three-time first-team academic All-Big 12 performer. He also was a member of three national championship teams. The younger brother of another Husker walk-on fullback from Brainard, Neb., Jeff Makovicka, Joel finished his career with 1,447 yards rushing on an average of 5.9 yards per carry while making 22 starts for the scarlet and cream. As a junior he produced the fourth-highest rushing total by a fullback in school history with 685 yards. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft and started 10 games at fullback for the Cardinals as a rookie.

1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—consensus national champions
  • Brook Berringer
  • Michael Booker
  • Kris Brown
  • Doug Colman
  • Chris Dishman
  • Jay Foreman
  • Tommie Frazier
  • Scott Frost
  • Aaron Graham
  • Ahman Green
  • Jon Hesse
  • Bill Lafleur
  • Joel Makovicka
  • Mike Minter
  • Christian Peter
  • Jason Peter
  • Lawrence Phillips
  • Mike Rucker
  • Aaron Taylor
  • Jared Tomich
  • Adam Treu
  • Tony Veland
  • Eric Warfield
  • Jamel Williams
  • Tyrone Williams
  • Grant Wistrom
  • Head coach: Tom Osborne
  • Assistant coaches: Craig Bohl
  • Turner Gill
  • Tony Samuel
  • Frank Solich
1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—USA Today/ESPN national champions
  • Kris Brown
  • Mike Brown
  • Ralph Brown
  • Correll Buckhalter
  • Jay Foreman
  • Scott Frost
  • Ahman Green
  • Bill Lafleur
  • Joel Makovicka
  • Bobby Newcombe
  • Jason Peter
  • Mike Rucker
  • Aaron Taylor
  • Eric Warfield
  • Steve Warren
  • Grant Wistrom
  • Head coach: Tom Osborne
  • Assistant coaches: Craig Bohl
  • Turner Gill
  • Frank Solich
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Name Makovicka, Joel
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Short description American football player
Date of birth October 6, 1975
Place of birth Brainard, Nebraska
Date of death
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    “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.

    The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)