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Niko Stelios Koutouvides (born March 25, 1981 to Stelios and Niki Koutouvides in Plainville, Connecticut) is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was selected with the 20th pick of the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Purdue University. He is twice All-Big 10 at Purdue after playing at Plainville and Milford Academy.

Career

Attended Milford Academy, a postgraduate school in 1999. Led team in sacks and finished second on team in tackles. Earned honorable-mention All-State and All-Conference honors at Plainville High. Was Team Captain and selected team’s Most Valuable Player. Majored in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.

In Purdue started 32 of 50 games, finishing career totaled 10 tackles, two of them for a loss. His career stats include 296 tackles (180 solo), 21½ tackles for a loss, five interceptions, four sacks, four fumble recoveries, and four forced fumbles. In 2002, Koutouvides was named first team All-Big Ten by the media and second team by the coaches. And he was given the Hammer Award for outstanding (outstanding tackler) in the spring season twice.

During his rookie year as a Pro he played in every game, mostly on special teams, but started the last two games of the season vs. Arizona (12/26) and vs. Atlanta (1/2). Led the team with 16 special teams tackles and totaled 46 stops (38 solo) with one sack at linebacker.

Personal Live

Koutouvides comes from a close knit family, his father is a Greek restaurateur from Tanzania. Growing up Koutouvides and his brothers used to work as a busboys in the family owned restaurant, The Stonewell, located in Farmington, CT. His mother side of the family is from the Greek Islands. His paternal grandfather's side of the family fled during the Greek-Turkish War and settled in Africa as many Greek refugees did so back then. That's how his father grew up in Tanzania. His parents ended up in New York and Niko attended Greek school in New Britain for six years.

Trivia

His team growing up were New York Giants.
Tight end Mark Bavaro
was his favorite player.
Dating his highschool sweet heart, Koryne Olson.

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