Chester Pitts
| Houston Texans | |
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| Career information | |
| College: | San Diego State |
| NFL draft: | 2002 / round: 2 / pick: 50 |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Chester Morise Pitts II (born June 26, 1979 in Inglewood, California) is an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the Houston Texans. He played college football at San Diego State University. Pitts was the focus of the NFL SuperAd commercial shown during Super Bowl XLII relating the story of how his career began.
High School Years
Pitts attended the California Academy of Mathematics and Science in Carson, California. His school did not have a football program, so he threw the shot put and the discus on the track and field team and won All-League honors and set several school records. He plays the oboe.[1]
College career
Pitts attended San Diego State University, and he worked bagging groceries at a Ralph's supermarket. After a chance encounter with Kyle Turley (and later Ephraim Salaam), Pitts joined the university football team as a freshman walk-on. Upon dominating future Pro-bowler Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila in practice he was awarded a scholarship. As a sophomore, he saw action in nine games and graded out at 93% for blocking consistency, made 60 knockdown blocks, and allowed only 1 sack throughout his sophomore season. He started for two seasons before being drafted by the Houston Texans in the second round(50th overall pick). This story was publicized by a NFL commercial, with Ephraim Salaam taking credit for discovering Pitts, during Super Bowl XLII (the music during the commercial, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, was played by Pitts).[2]
References
- ^ Chester Pitts bio and stats, nflplayers.com, retrieved 2008-02-07
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Markazi, Arash (2008-01-28), Story time: Pair of Texans reminisce at filming of Super Bowl ad, Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2008-02-03
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