Haloti Ngata
| Haloti Ngata | |
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Position (s): Defensive tackle |
Jersey numbers: 92, 94 |
| born January 21, 1984 in Inglewood , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2006 - 2018 | |
| NFL Draft : 2006 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | |
| College : Oregon | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Tackles | 515 |
| Sacks | 32.5 |
| Forced fumbles | 7th |
| Interceptions | 5 |
| Touchdowns | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Etuini Haloti Ngata (born on 21st January 1984 in Inglewood , California ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the defensive tackles , the last for the Philadelphia Eagles was active. He played college football for the University of Oregon and was voted All-American . In the 2006 NFL Draft , the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the first round. He played for her for nine years in the National Football League (NFL), during which time he won the Super Bowl XLVII and was elected to the Pro Bowl five times . He was under contract with the Detroit Lions between 2015 and 2017 before joining the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018. On March 18, 2019, he announced that he was ending his active career.
Early years
Ngata was born the son of Tongan immigrants in Inglewood, California. He attended Highland High School in Salt Lake City , Utah , where he was a regular on the defensive line for three years . As a senior, he made more than 100 tackles and 30 sacks , and was named Utah Gatorade Player of the Year in 2001. Rivals.com rated him a five-star talent, second best junior player in the United States after Vince Young, and best defender of his class. He received a variety of scholarship offers and eventually chose the University of Oregon.
In 2003 he tore his right anterior cruciate ligament and dropped out for the Oregon Ducks for the remainder of the season, but became one of the top players in college football over the next two seasons . In 2004 and 2005 he got 107 tackles, 17.5 tackles for yard loss and 6.5 sacks and he was named Junior Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year . In addition, he was named All-American, which he succeeded as the first player in the Oregon Ducks for 43 years. He was also a good player in the special teams and he blocked seven kicks in three years. He decided in 2006 to skip another possible year of college and signed up for the NFL Draft .
NFL
Baltimore Ravens
Ngata was selected as the twelfth player in the 2006 draft by the Baltimore Ravens . Thus, for the first time in their franchise history , the Ravens used a first-round pick for a defensive lineman. On 28 July 2006 he signed a five-year contract for 14 million dollars . As a rookie , he was a regular in all 16 games, getting 31 tackles, one sack and one interception . In the next year he got 63 tackles and three sacks. He developed into one of the most dominant defensive tackles in the NFL and was elected to the Pro Bowl from 2009 to 2013 . At the beginning of the 2011 season, he signed a new five-year contract for $ 61 million. In the game against the St. Louis Rams on the third day of the 2011 season, he managed a sack against Sam Bradford who fumblete the ball, and Ngata then scored his first NFL touchdown . This season he set personal bests in tackles (64) and booked an additional 5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 5 defended passes. In 2012, he contributed 13 tackles in the play-offs to the Super Bowl XLVII triumph of the Ravens over the San Francisco 49ers . In 2013 it was mostly used as a nose tackle . On December 4, 2014, Ngata was suspended for four games after allegedly taking performance-enhancing substances.
Detroit Lions
On March 10, 2015, the Ravens traded Ngata for a fourth and fifth round pick to the Detroit Lions , who needed a replacement for the Ndamukong Suh who had switched to the Miami Dolphins . A season later he signed a new two-year contract for $ 12 million.
Philadelphia Eagles
Before the start of the 2018 season, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Ngata.
End of career
On his birthday on March 18, 2019, Ngata announced his departure from the NFL through an Instagram post that showed him on the summit of Kilimanjaro and the banner "I'm retiring from the NFL on top" (in German roughly: Auf at the peak, I retire from the NFL. )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kevin Patra: Haloti Ngata announces retirement after 13 seasons. NFL.com, March 18, 2019, accessed March 18, 2019 .
- ↑ rivals.com ranking 2002 (English) sports.yahoo.com, accessed on November 1, 2015
- ^ Oregon Ducks Bio (English) goducks.com, Retrieved November 1, 2015
- ^ Oregon Ducks Bio (English) goducks.com, Retrieved November 1, 2015
- ↑ Ravens sign DT haloti ngata (English) espn.com, accessed on November 1, 2015
- ↑ halot ngata scores fat guy touchdown (English) sbnation.com, accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ ngata suspended 4 games (English) cbslocal.com, accessed on November 1, 2015
- ↑ lions acquire haloti ngata (English) nfl.com, accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ details of ngatas new contract (English) freep.com, accessed on March 12, 2016
- ^ Www.philadelphiaeagles.com .
- ↑ Jamison Hensley: Ngata retires from NFL atop Mount Kilimanjaro. In: espn.com. March 18, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ngata, Haloti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ngata, Etuini Haloti (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inglewood , California |