Ropati Pitoitua
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| Height: | 6'8" |
| Weight: | 310 lbs |
| Age: | 24 |
| Years in NFL: | 1 |
| College: | Washington State |
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◊ 1/20/09, NYJ, Signed, Reserve/Future contract
◊ 12/17/08, NYJ, IR- Practice squad
◊ 9/1/08, NYJ, Signed, Practice squad
◊ 8/30/08, NYJ, Waived
◊ 5/2/08, NYJ, Signed, Undrafted FA
BEFORE THE NFL
◊ Played in 36 games, starting 25, posting 116 tackles, 19 tackles-for-loss and 8.5 sacks in four seasons.
◊ Named team’s Leon Bender Award winner and the squad’s Defensive Lineman of the Year as a senior when he started 11 games at tackle and one at defensive end.
◊ Played football and basketball at Clover Park HS, did not pick up football until his junior season.
◊ Earned two football letters, as well as Seamount League Defensive Player of the Year in 2002.
OFF THE FIELD
◊ Name pronounced Roe-pot-tee Pi-toe-ee-two-ah.
◊ Born in Samoa.
◊ Visited the Mercy First Hospital, 5/18/08, and participated in the Project Hope Visit at Times Square Church, 5/24/08.
◊ Has one older brother, Maeli, and four sisters, Leutu, twins, Vaiava and Leao, and Runa.
◊ Humanities major at WSU.
