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Position:
  
Linebacker

Tackles:
  
0

Date joined
  
2014

Roster status:
  
Active

Weight
  
113 kg

Undrafted:
  
2014

Height
  
1.88 m

High school:
  
Name
  
Bojay Filimoeatu


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Date of birth:
  
(1989-12-06) December 6, 1989 (age 26)

Current team
  
Oakland Raiders (#54 / Linebacker)

College
  
Utah State Aggies football

Similar People
  
Jack Del Rio, Jim Harbaugh, Joe Woods, Ken Norton - Jr

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Bojay Bruce Feleunga Filimoeatu (born December 6, 1989) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is currently linebackers coach at San Jose State. He played college football at Utah State.

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Early life and high school career

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Born in Fontana, California and raised in West Valley City, Utah, Filimoeatu attended Granger High School in West Valley City. He played at linebacker and fullback at Granger.

College career

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Returning to his native California, Filimoeatu began his college football career on the junior college level at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) in Walnut near Los Angeles. Helping Mt. SAC win its second straight state title, Filimoeatu was the 2010 CCCAA Defensive MVP. On January 30, 2011, Filimoeatu signed his letter of intent with Utah State, one of four Division I FBS schools to offer him scholarships.

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He started all 26 games in the 2011 and 2012 seasons at Utah State and registered 112 tackles (48 solo), eight sacks, one interception, two passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. During his senior season, he posted 71 tackles and five sacks.

Professional career

Filimoeatu originally signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on May 19, 2014 and was waived by the team at the end of training camp before signing to the practice squad two days later. On September 13, 2014, Filimoeatu was promoted to the active roster after a season-ending injury to Taiwan Jones. For the 2014 season, Filimoeatu played in eight games and made six tackles. Filimoeatu did not see any game action in 2015.

Coaching career

Filimoeatu began his coaching career in 2016 at Oregon State as inside linebackers and defensive quality control coach under Brent Brennan. When Brennan became head coach at San Jose State, Filimoeatu followed Brennan there in 2017 as linebackers coach.

References

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