1. Phil Loadholt played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League from 2009 until his retirement in 2015.
22 Facts About Phil Loadholt
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Phil Loadholt spent time as a player personnel analyst for Ole Miss and UCF.
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Also a standout in basketball and track, Phil Loadholt led Fountain-Fort Carson's basketball team to the state title game when he averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks per game.
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Phil Loadholt originally committed to play college football at Colorado, but did not qualify academically, and therefore he headed to junior college.
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At Garden City Community College, Phil Loadholt was a two-time junior college All-American.
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Phil Loadholt was rated the No 1 junior college offensive tackle prospect in the nation by JCGridiron.
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Phil Loadholt signed with LSU in February 2006, but decommitted in August and finally chose to attend Oklahoma.
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Phil Loadholt received All-Big 12 first team honors by the Dallas Morning News and an All-American honorable mention by Sports Illustrated.
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Phil Loadholt was regarded as one of the better offensive tackles in the 2009 NFL draft.
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Phil Loadholt was selected in the second round, 54th overall, by the Minnesota Vikings.
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Phil Loadholt was signed by the Vikings on July 29,2009.
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Phil Loadholt helped pave the way for Adrian Peterson to rush for 1,298 yards and break the 100-yard mark 5 times during the season.
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In 2011, Phil Loadholt joined fellow offensive line teammate Charlie Johnson as the only Vikings linemen to start all 16 games during the season, helping Adrian Peterson break the 100-yard mark in 3 games during the season with fullback Toby Gerhart and quarterback Joe Webb each breaking the 100-yard plateau once during the year.
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Phil Loadholt helped pace the Vikings rushing offense to rank No 4 in the NFL with an average of 144.9 yards per game and rank No 3 in the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns.
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Phil Loadholt was part of a Vikings offensive line that started all 16 games and a playoff contest as well as a unit that helped pave the way for Adrian Peterson to notch the 2nd-best rushing season in NFL history with 2,097 yards en route to earning NFL MVP.
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Phil Loadholt cleared the path for Peterson to tie his own Vikings record with 10 games of +100 yards and a pair of +200 yards performances.
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Phil Loadholt helped Adrian Peterson rush for a pair of 82 yard touchdowns in games at Green Bay in week 13 and at St Louis two weeks later.
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On March 12,2013, Phil Loadholt re-signed with the Vikings through 2016 on a $25 million contract.
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Phil Loadholt paved the way for third-string running back Matt Asiata to tie a team record with 3 rushing scores against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 15 and have his first career +100 yards rushing day versus the Detroit Lions in week 17.
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Phil Loadholt helped the Vikings put up a franchise-record 48 offensive points in the Metrodome in the game against the Eagles.
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Phil Loadholt didn't get the press he garnered last year as the team struggled but he remains the prototypical right tackle.
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Phil Loadholt paved the way for 3 different leading rushers in the first 4 games of the 2014 campaign.