Position: Tackle / Guard Role American football player Height 1.93 m | Undrafted: 2000 Weight 130 kg Name Pita Elisara | |
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Date of birth: (1976-11-16) November 16, 1976 (age 39) Place of birth: 'Ili'ili, American Samoa | ||
High school: Pago Pago (AS) Tafuna College Indiana Hoosiers football | ||
Pita Elisara (born November 16, 1976) is a former American football offensive lineman of Samoan descent.
A native of American Samoa, Elisara grew up playing rugby and football. After high school, he spent two years at Palomar College while living with some of his brothers, who were serving in the US Navy, in Oceanside, California. In 1998, he transferred to Indiana University, where he became an All-Big Ten offensive lineman. He started all 11 games in 1999 for the Hoosiers.
Being not selected in the 2000 NFL Draft, Elisara was signed onto the New York Giants off-season roster, but eventually cut. He was then selected in the 2001 XFL Draft by the short-lived San Francisco Demons. The following years he spent on several NFL teams' off-season roster, while being assigned to NFL Europe squads during the season.