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Guest Bio:Haloti Ngata is a popular American football player who started his professionalcareer with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Heentered the big league after the Ravens secured his services in the first roundwith the 12th overall pick during the 2006 NFL Draft. The defensive tackle whonow plays for the Philadelphia Eagles is a five-time Pro Bowler. He played collegefootball for the University of Oregon where he earned a consensus first-team All-American, the school’s first in 43 years.He attended Highland High School in Salt Lake, Utah, where he actively playedfootball and rugby. During his senior and junior years, he led his team to thestate quarterfinals with over 200 tackles; made a 12-2 record and a berth in theState Championship. With his outstanding high school record including the 2001Utah Gatorade Player of the Year title and as first-team All-USA selection, Ngatagraduated a five-star recruit and #2 overall prospect in the nation.Coming out of college football a year earlier with a reputation as a dangerousspecial teams player, the Baltimore Ravens selected Ngata in the first round withthe 12th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. His five-year contract with thefranchise was worth $14 million.Ngata debuted his pro career in all 16 games and finished with one sack, oneinterception and 31 tackles. He doubled up his performance the following seasonto record up to 63 tackles and three sacks.He made his career-high records in the 2008 season, starting in all 16 games tofinish with 77 total tackles, two interceptions, one sack and 5 passes. The sameyear, Ngata became a first time Pro Bowler as well as earned Second-Team All-Pro honors.Through the rest of the seasons (2009-2014), Ngata was selected to the 2010All-Fundamentals Team by USA Football and the NFL Players Association; earnedthe franchise tag on February 15, 2011, and signed a five-year retention contractworth $61 million. He scored his first career regular-season touchdown onSeptember 11, 2011, in the match against the Pittsburgh Steelers, leading theteam to a 35-7 victory.Also, his 10 solo tackles and 3 assisted tackles, helped the Ravens attain victoryin Super Bowl XLVII in 2012.