![]() Loadholt in 2009
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | January 21, 1986 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 345 lb (156 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Fountain (CO) Fort Carson | ||||||
College: | Oklahoma | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54 | ||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Games played: | 89 |
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Games started: | 89 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
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Philip Loadholt Jr. (born January 21, 1986) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Oklahoma, and played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 2009 to until his retirement in 2015.
Loadholt attended Fountain Middle School and Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Fountain, Colorado, where he was a two-way lineman, team captain and a two-time All-State selection. His senior year of football ended in the second round to Palisade High School; in that match-up, he played against another two-time All-State selection, Matt Popick. In his senior year he also had 113 tackles along with eight touchdowns and was named Colorado Springs Area Player of the Year. He obtained a 1.23 GPA throughout his high school career as well. Also a standout in basketball and track, 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. In track & field, Loadholt won a state championship title in the discus with a throw of 48.23 meters (158-2), and was a state runner-up in the shot put with a personal-best of 16.44 meters (53-10).
He originally committed to play college football at the Colorado, but did not qualify academically, and therefore he headed to junior college.