No. 65 New Orleans Saints | |||||||
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Position: | Offensive guard | ||||||
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Date of birth: | May 10, 1990 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Seattle, Washington | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 307 lb (139 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Seattle (WA) Evergreen | ||||||
College: | Washington | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2012 / Round: 5 / Pick: 151 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Games played: | 27 |
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Games started: | 5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Senio Kelemete (born May 10, 1990) is an American football offensive guard for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He attended the University of Washington from 2008 to 2011.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Kelemete attended Evergreen High School, where he was a four-year starter on the varsity. As a junior in 2006, he earned first-team all-league as both and offensive and defensive lineman as he helped the team to an 8–2 record. In 2007, Evergreen went 9–2 and went the state playoffs for the first time since 2001 while Kelemete was honored as the Seamount League's Lineman of the Year on both offense and defense.
Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Kelemete was ranked as the No. 45 offensive tackle prospect in his class. He chose Washington over offers from California, and Oregon State. The Huskies recruit Kelemete as a defensive lineman.
In his true freshman season, Kelemete played in eight of the Huskies' 12 games as a defensive tackle, including four starts: vs. BYU, Oklahoma, Stanford, and Arizona. In the off-season, he was moved over to offensive line, and started 11 of the Huskies' 12 games at right guard (all but UCLA) in 2009. He earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors and was named the John P. Angel Lineman of the Year at the Huskies' postseason awards banquet.
For his junior year, Kelemete was moved from guard to left tackle and named team captain. He started all 13 games, one of only two UW o-linemen to do so. Still a team captain in 2011, Kelemete started all 13 games at left tackle again, and was named second-team All-Pac-12. He was a member of the North team at the 2012 Senior Bowl.