40 Facts About Haloti Ngata

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Etuini Haloti Ngata is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League.

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Haloti Ngata played college football for the University of Oregon and earned consensus All-American honors.

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Haloti Ngata played for the Ravens for nine seasons before being traded to the Detroit Lions before the 2015 NFL season.

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Haloti Ngata was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles for one season in 2018 before retiring.

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Haloti Ngata attended Highland High School, where he played on the football team in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Haloti Ngata was a three-year starter on the defensive line.

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Haloti Ngata was named the 2001 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year and a first-team USA Today All-USA selection.

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8.

Haloti Ngata played in the 2002 US Army All-American Bowl.

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Haloti Ngata was listed as a five-star recruit and the No 2 overall prospect in the nation by Rivals.

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Haloti Ngata played rugby in high school, and helped lead the Highland Rugby Club to the National Rugby Championship.

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Haloti Ngata eventually signed a national letter of intent to play for the Oregon Ducks football team of the University of Oregon.

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Haloti Ngata tore his anterior cruciate ligament on a punt coverage play in 2003 and missed the rest of that season.

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Haloti Ngata totaled 107 tackles, 17.5 tackles for a loss, and 6.5 sacks total in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

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Haloti Ngata was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection in 2004, a first-team All-Pac-10 selection in 2005.

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Haloti Ngata earned praise as a dangerous special teams player, blocking 7 kicks during his 3-year career at Oregon.

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Haloti Ngata decided to leave Oregon a year early because his mother, 'Ofa, was in the early stages of kidney dialysis.

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Haloti Ngata died from her illness on January 13,2006.

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Haloti Ngata was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round with the 12th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft.

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Haloti Ngata became the highest selected defensive lineman from the current Pac-12 conference since Andre Carter in 2001.

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On July 28,2006, Haloti Ngata ended a brief contract holdout by agreeing to a 5-year contract worth up to $14 million with the Baltimore Ravens.

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Haloti Ngata was named to the Pro Bowl as a first alternate and earned Second-team All-Pro honors by the Associated Press for the first time in his career.

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Haloti Ngata was selected for the first time in his career to play in the NFL Pro Bowl.

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Bradford fumbled, and the ball was recovered by Haloti Ngata who scored his first career regular season touchdown.

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On October 2,2011, during the Ravens game against the New York Jets, Haloti Ngata sacked Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, causing Sanchez to fumble the ball.

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Haloti Ngata finished the season with a career-high 64 tackles, along with 5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 5 passes defended.

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26.

Haloti Ngata played in all four games of the Ravens 2012 postseason, recording 10 solo tackles and 3 assisted tackles as he helped the Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XLVII.

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In 2013, Haloti Ngata played mostly as a nose tackle making 33 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended in 15 games played.

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On December 4,2014, Haloti Ngata was suspended for four games after he violated the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

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On March 10,2015, Haloti Ngata was traded to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a 2015 4th round pick and a 2015 5th round pick to play defensive tackle.

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Haloti Ngata struggled in the first half of the season with an injury, but gained momentum and finished with 2.5 sacks and 24 tackles.

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Haloti Ngata was hampered by a shoulder injury that limited his playing time.

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On October 11,2017, Haloti Ngata was placed on injured reserve after suffering a torn biceps in Week 5 against the Carolina Panthers.

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Haloti Ngata started all five games before the injury and recorded seven tackles and a pass deflection.

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On March 15,2018, Haloti Ngata signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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On March 18,2019, Haloti Ngata announced his retirement from the NFL with an Instagram post of him atop of Mount Kilimanjaro with a banner "I'm retiring from the NFL on top".

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At his retirement press conference, it was announced that Haloti Ngata will be inducted into the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor.

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Haloti Ngata was born in Inglewood, California, to Solomone Haloti Ngata and 'Ofa, who had emigrated from Tonga to the United States in the early 1970s.

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Haloti Ngata was named after his maternal uncle, Haloti Moala-Liava'a, who was a middle linebacker for the Utah Utes.

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In December 2002, Haloti Ngata's father died in a single-vehicle truck accident, while trying to climb the on-ramp to Interstate 80 from Route 215 just outside Salt Lake City.

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Haloti Ngata is a distant relative of basketball player Jabari Parker and PGA Tour Golfer Tony Finau.