Toniu Fonoti

**Toniu Fonoti**
	No. -- Free Agent
	Guard
Personal information
	Date of birth: November 26, 1981 (age 27)
	Place of birth: American Samoa
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 340 lb (154 kg)
Career information
	College: Nebraska
	NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39
	Debuted in 2002 for the San Diego Chargers
Career history
	As player:; San Diego Chargers (2002–2005); Minnesota Vikings (2005); Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006); Miami Dolphins (2006); Atlanta Falcons (2007); Carolina Panthers (2008); Detroit Lions (2009); *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	2× First-team All-Big 12 (2000–2001); First-team All-American (2001); Lombardi Award semifinalist (2001); Outland Trophy finalist (2001);
Career NFL statistics as of 2008
Games played	40
Games started	33
Fumble recoveries	0
Stats at NFL.com

Toniuolevaiavea Satele "Toniu" Fonoti (born November 26, 1981 in American Samoa) is a gridiron football guard who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska. He holds the distinction of being the heaviest active guard in American football.

[edit] College career

Fonoti played for Nebraska, where he set the following school records:

Fonoti signed with the Miami Dolphins on November 7, 2006.

Fonoti signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an unrestricted free agent on March 14, 2007 and released him on August 4, 2007.

Fonoti signed with the Carolina Panthers on March 25, 2008 and released on August 30, 2008.

Fonoti signed with the Detroit Lions on May 5, 2009. He was waived on August 11 when the team signed wide receiver Billy McMullen.

Fonoti has a brother, Tauala'i, who plays football at Stanford and another younger brother, La'auli, who plays football at New Mexico State University.

Personal information
No. -- Free Agent
Guard
Date of birth: November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26) (age 27)
Place of birth: American Samoa
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 340 lb (154 kg)
Career information
College: Nebraska
NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39
Debuted in 2002 for the San Diego Chargers

Career history
As player: San Diego Chargers (2002–2005) Minnesota Vikings (2005) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2006)* Miami Dolphins (2006) Atlanta Falcons (2007)* Carolina Panthers (2008)* Detroit Lions (2009)* *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-Big 12 (2000–2001) First-team All-American (2001) Lombardi Award semifinalist (2001) Outland Trophy finalist (2001)
Career NFL statistics as of 2008
Games played	40
Games started	33
Fumble recoveries	0
Stats at NFL.com