Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight 145 kg | Name Junior Siavii Position Defensive tackle | |
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Date of birth: (1978-11-14) November 14, 1978 (age 37) Place of birth: Pago Pago, American Samoa NFL draft: 2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 Number 95 (Dallas Cowboys / Defensive tackle) | ||
Saousoalii Poe Siavii, Jr. (born November 14, 1978) is a former American football defensive tackle that played in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Oregon.
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College career
Siavii attended the University of Oregon, where he finished his 2-year career with 2.5 sacks, 58 tackles (3.5 for losses), 3 pass deflections, and 1 fumble recovery. He played for 1 year at Dixie State Junior College and 1 year at Butte Community College before playing at Oregon.
Kansas City Chiefs
Siavii was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (36th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.
In 2005, his playing time was limited by a knee injury he suffered in training camp. The next year, he kept suffering from knee injuries and was placed on the physically unable to perform list, before being waived on September 2, 2006. He eventually needed microfracture surgery on his right knee.
Dallas Cowboys
After being out of football for 2 years, he was signed as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys on January 23, 2008. He was released on August 31.
He was re-signed on January 12, 2009 and played in 16 games as the backup to nose tackle Jay Ratliff. He was cut on September 4, 2010, after he was passed on the depth chart by Josh Brent and Sean Lissemore.
Seattle Seahawks
On September 6, 2010, he was signed as a free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. He played in 14 games (6 starts), while setting a career-high in tackles (30), before being placed on the injured reserve list with a bruised spinal cord injury on December 23. He was released on September 4, 2011.