Chester Pitts
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Position: | Guard Tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Inglewood, California, U.S. | June 26, 1979||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Carson (CA) California Academy of Mathematics and Science | ||||
College: | San Diego State | ||||
NFL draft: | 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50 | ||||
Career history | |||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Chester Morise Pitts II (born June 26, 1979) is a former
Early years
Pitts attended the
College career
Pitts attended San Diego State University, and he worked bagging groceries at a Ralphs supermarket. After a chance encounter with 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 97% 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.
Professional career
Pitts was drafted in the second round of the
Pitts signed with Seattle as a free agent before the start of the 2010 NFL season, but was not able to recover enough from his off-season surgery to play in the season opener. Pitts appeared in 7 games, starting 5 of them and made the playoffs for the first time.
On April 27, 2021, Pitts signed a one-day contract with Houston, officially retiring with the franchise after over a decade.[3]
In popular culture
During
Television career
In November 2012, Pitts began a role as a sportscaster for KPRC, News 2 Houston in
References
- ^ Chester Pitts bio and stats, nflplayers.com, archived from the original on June 29, 2007, retrieved 2008-02-07
- ^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ "Chester Pitts officially retires with Houston Texans". USA Today. April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "NFL Football Highlights, Clips & Analysis".
- ^ Markazi, Arash (2008-01-28), Story time: Pair of Texans reminisce at filming of Super Bowl ad, Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2008-02-03