Satele in the 2014 NFL season.
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No. 64 | |||||||||
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Position: | Center | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | November 29, 1984 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Kailua, Hawaii | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Kailua (HI) | ||||||||
College: | Hawaii | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 60 | ||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 118 |
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Games started: | 114 |
Fumble recoveries: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Samson H. Satele (born November 29, 1984) is a former American football center. He played college football at Hawaii and was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Dolphins.
Satele has also played for the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts.
Satele attended Kailua High School in Hawaii where he was a First-team All-State Offensive lineman as a senior. He was also a three-time letterman in basketball and track, performing in the shot put and the discus. He was named the school's athlete of the year as a junior.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Satele was ranked as the No. 15 offensive guard prospect in the class of 2002. He picked his home-state team Hawaii over offers from Brigham Young, Nebraska, and Washington.
Satele was a four-year letterman at the University of Hawaii. While there, he majored in Sociology.
As a true freshman in 2002, he redshirted. As a redshirt freshman in 2003, he made his first career start at Left tackle. The final 13 starts of his redshirt freshman season were at Left guard, as he earned Second-team All-Conference honors. As a sophomore in 2004, he started all 13 games, including 10 at Left guard and three at Center. As a junior in 2005, he started all 12 games at Left guard and was named a First-team All-WAC selection. He helped Hawai'i rank second in the nation in passing offense (384.25 ypg) and 11th in total offense (476.17 ypg). As a senior in 2006, he served as a team captain as a senior, while starting all 12 games at Center. He was a First-team All-WAC selection. He helped lead the offense that led the nation in total offense (559.21 ypg), passing offense (441.29 ypg) and scoring (46.86 ppg).