Athletes - Joe Salave'a

Home > Listing Index > Athletes > Joe Salave'a

	Athletes - Joe Salave'a

Joe Salave'a (born March 23, 1975 in Leone, American Samoa) is a National Football League defensive lineman for the Washington Redskins. Standing 6'3" and 317 pounds, he primarily plays defensive tackle.

Salave'a moved to Oceanside, CA near San Diego, in 1989, and graduated from Oceanside High School. He went to University of Arizona and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 1998. He spent five seasons with Tennessee and one with the San Diego Chargers, before being traded to the Washington Redskins. Playing primarily as a backup, Salave'a had a break-through year in 2004, registering 30 tackles and two sacks for the second-ranked Redskins defense. In 2005, he started 13 games and had 50 tackles, a half-sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, helping to lead the Redskins to their first play-off appearance of the decade.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Joe Salave'a ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Joe Salave'a; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay