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Starlite Lotulelei, Jr. (pronounced ; born December 20, 1989) is an American football defensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Panthers in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah, and shared the Morris Trophy for the best lineman in the Pacific-12 Conference. ==High school and junior college career== A native of Tonga, Lotulelei attended Bingham High School in South Jordan, Utah. Playing defensive lineman at 240 pounds, he helped the team to a 14–0 record and a state title in 2006. Lotulelei registered 72 tackles and seven sacks as a senior. |} Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Lotulelei was listed as the No. 3 overall prospect from Utah.〔(Rivals.com Utah top 15 2007 )〕 However, he was overshadowed by Oregon-bound Simione Fili of Cottonwood High School, who was labeled the best defensive lineman from Utah since Haloti Ngata, but eventually bounced around between junior colleges before falling into obscurity and finally becoming a strongman competitor. Lotulelei, too, failed to qualify academically for his original school of choice, Brigham Young University. He eventually spent what would have been his freshman season delivering furniture for a store in Salt Lake City.〔 After a year, he enrolled at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. Now far over 300 pounds, Lotulelei played defensive line for the Badgers alongside James Aiono, and recorded 52 tackles with 14 TFL, three sacks and one forced fumble in 2008. Snow College reached the 2008 NJCAA National Championship Game, but lost 37–30 in double-overtime to Butler Community College. Lotulelei then took the 2009 season off to preserve another year of college eligibility. He was still recruited by BYU, but also Oregon State, Utah State, and Utah. "The Utah coaches came down to Snow a couple of times," Lotulelei said. "They showed me they really wanted me. It showed me they really cared. So coming here wasn't that hard of a choice."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Lotulelei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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