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Steve Longa
No. 59, 58, 54
Position:
Yaounde, Cameroon
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:241 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Saddle Brook (NJ)
College:Rutgers
Undrafted:2016
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:28
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Steven Longa

2016 NFL Draft. After going undrafted, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks. He was released by the Seahawks before the start of the season and was then signed by the Detroit Lions
.

Early years

Longa lived in

Yaoundé, Cameroon before moving to the United States at the age of 12.[2][3][1] His family then settled in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, where Longa attended Saddle Brook High School and was recruited to play American football, a sport he had never played before.[2] He began playing football his freshman year of high school.[4][5][6]

He played

touchdowns his junior year in 2010,[10][8][11] earning First Team honors in the Meadowlands B division of the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC).[9][8] As a senior in 2011, the team started the season with 10 straight wins before losing in the Group 1 North 1 semi-final.[9][12] He recorded over 70 tackles and over 1,000 rushing yards his senior season,[13][14][15][16] earning All-Group 1,[15][17] All-State,[14][16] All-North Jersey,[15][13] and All-Bergen County honors.[15][18][17][19] He accepted an invitation to play in the 2011 Chesapeake Bowl, a senior-only all-star game featuring players from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia.[20][21][22] He also participated in track at Saddle Brook High.[23][24][25]

In the class of 2012, Longa was rated a four-star athlete recruit, the No. 31 athlete in the country and the No. 9 overall prospect in New Jersey by

247Sports.com:[32][33][34] and a two-star recruit and the No. 110 outside linebacker in the country by Scout.com.[35][36] He was also rated both a three-star recruit, the No. 59 outside linebacker in the country and the No. 17 overall prospect in New Jersey on 247Sports.com's composite rating, which takes into account the ratings of all the other major recruiting services in the country.[32][37][38][39]

He committed to play

Connecticut, FIU, Maryland, Monmouth, Northwestern, Syracuse, Temple, Villanova, Western Michigan and Youngstown State.[29]

College career

Longa was a three-year

redshirted in 2012.[15]

In June 2013, he was named a Preseason First Team All-Freshman by

Sporting News, a Second Team Freshman All-American by Athlon Sports and a Second Team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele.[47][48][49] He was also named Second Team All-American Athletic Conference by Phil Steele.[50] He shared team defensive MVP honors with lineman Marcus Thompson.[15][41]

He moved to

weakside linebacker during spring practice in 2014.[15][51] In June 2014, he was named Second Team Preseason All-Big Ten Conference by Athlon Sports and First Team Preseason All-Big Ten by Phil Steele.[52][53] He appeared in 13 games, all starts, at weakside linebacker in 2014. He again led the team in tackles with 102.[15] He also had two sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup.[15][46]

In June 2015, he was named Preseason First Team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele and Third Team Preseason All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports.[54][55][15] In July 2015, he was named to the watch list for the Lombardi Award, which is given to the best lineman or linebacker in the country.[56] Longa played in 11 games, all starts, in 2015 at weakside linebacker.[15][41] He missed the game against Army on November 21 due to injury.[57][15] He led the team in tackles with 117 and in forced fumbles with two.[15] He also recorded two sacks and two pass breakups.[15][41] He had a career-high 19 tackles against Ohio State on October 24.[58][15] His 19 tackles was tied for the most by any Big Ten player in a game that season.[59][15] He was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and Third Team All-Big Ten by the media.[60][15] He was also named the team's defensive MVP.[15][41]

Longa started 37 career games for the Scarlet Knights and recorded 342 tackles, which was the third most in school history.

2016 NFL Draft.[64][65]

Professional career

Pre-draft

Longa was rated the 17th best

special teams early in his career to earn his initial roster spot."[67]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split
20-yard shuttle
 Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m) 		241 lb
(109 kg) 		32 in
(0.81 m) 		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		 4.78 s 1.67 s 2.79 s 4.56 s 7.50 s 32 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 8 in
(2.95 m)		 19 reps
All values from
NFL Combine[66][68]

Seattle Seahawks

Longa signed with the Seattle Seahawks in May 2016 after going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft.[69] He was released on September 3, 2016.[70]

Detroit Lions

On September 5, 2016, Longa was signed to the practice squad of the Detroit Lions.[71] He was promoted to the active roster on October 8 and made his NFL debut on October 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles.[72][73] He was released on October 11 and re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 13, 2016.[74][75] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Lions on January 9, 2017.[76]

On August 20, 2018, Longa was placed on

torn ACL.[77]

On August 31, 2019, Longa was waived by the Lions and re-signed to the practice squad.[78] He was promoted to the active roster on October 26, 2019.[79] The Lions released Longa on April 15, 2020.[80]

Personal life

Longa's father, Etienne Longa, played soccer in Cameroon.[4][6][81]

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