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Position: | Defensive Tackle | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | February 3, 1979 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Salt Lake City (UT) East | ||||||||
College: | Utah | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 88 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2012 | |||||||||
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Tackles: | 263 |
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Sacks: | 4.5 |
Forced Fumbles: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Sione Sonasi "Bo" Po'uha (/siˈoʊni boʊˈuːhə/ see-OH-nee boh-OO-hə; born February 3, 1979) is a former American football defensive tackle. Pouha played college football at the University of Utah. He also is an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Pouha began playing football at the young age of nine. Pouha attended East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was a two-year first-team all-region player and captained East High's state championship team in 1996. He earned USA Today honorable mention All-American honors as senior in 1996 and was a Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune first-team all-state selection. Pouha would sign a letter of intent with Utah in 1997.
Upon signing his letter of intent, Pouha would leave on a Mormon mission that took place in Pittsburgh between 1998 and 2000. During his mission, Pouha rose at 5:30 every morning. He spent three hours studying scripture from 6 to 9 a.m. and would spend the next twelve hours sharing his beliefs and testimony going door-to-door.