Junior Seau
Junior Seau was born in San Diego, California, United States on January 19th, 1969 and is the Football Player. At the age of 43, Junior Seau biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau Jr. (SAY-ow; January 19, 1969 – May 2, 2012) was an American football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).
He was a 10-time All-Pro, 12-time Pro Bowl pick, and was named to the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team, known for his ardent play.
In 2015, he was elected posthumously to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Seau, a native of Oceanside, California, played college football at the University of Southern California (USC).
He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers as the fifth overall pick of the 1990 NFL Draft.
Seau played for 13 seasons for the Chargers and led them to Super Bowl XXIX before being traded to the Miami Dolphins, where he spent three seasons with the New England Patriots.
Following his retirement, he was inducted into the Chargers Hall of Fame, and the team retired his number 55. Seau committed suicide in 2012 by shooting himself in the chest at the age of 43.
Seau was also suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to later studies by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a condition that has also been found in other deceased NFL players.
Repeated head trauma is believed to cause dementia, rage, and depression.
Early years
Seau was born in Oceanside, California, on January 19, 1969, the fifth child of Tiaina Seau Sr. and Luisa Mauga Seau of Aunu'u, American Samoa. In Pago Pago, Tiaina Sr.'s grandfather was a village chief. Tiaina Sr. served in a rubber factory and was a school custodian, and Luisa worked at Camp Pendleton's commissary and a laundromat. After Seau's birth, the family returned to American Samoa for many years before returning to San Diego; Seau did not learn to speak English until he was seven years old. Seau and his three brothers had to sleep in the family's one-car garage at home.
Seau was a student at Oceanside High School in Oceanside, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and track and field. Seau was a starter at linebacker and tight end, and as a senior, he was named the Avocado League offensive MVP and led the 18-member Oceanside Pirates team to the San Diego 2A championship. The parade voted Seau to its All-American team.
He was named the California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section Player of the Year as a senior in basketball. He helped his team win the 1987 Lt. James Mitchell Tournament and finish third in the Mt. The Carmel Invitational. He was the Avocado League champion in the shot put in both track and field. Seau was also selected to California's all-academic team with a 3.6 grade-point average.
Personal life
Tyler Waldrop, Seau's older brother, was born in 1989 to Melissa Waldrop, Seau's high school sweetheart. When Tyler was 13 months old, Seau broke up with Waldrop. In 1991, he married Gina Deboer. Before divorcing in 2002, the couple had three children together, a daughter and two sons. Jake Watson of Seau's son was a wrestler at Duke University, where he competed lacrosse. Jake Lacrosse of the Dallas Rattlers was signed to the Dallas Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse in 2019.
Seau sustained minor injuries when his SUV fell off a 100-foot cliff in Carlsbad, California, just hours after being arrested for domestic violence after an incident that was reported to the police by his mother at their home in nearby Oceanside. Seau said he fell asleep at the wheel and was never charged with the domestic attack.
Ian Seau, Seau's nephew, committed to playing in Nevada and became an undrafted free-agent for the Los Angeles Rams in 2016 as a defensive end. In 2017, Ian signed the Bills, which was the first time he had signed. Micah Seau's uncle, Micah Seau, has signed to play for San Diego State. Pulu Poumele's uncle was Pulu Pohumele.
College career
Seau went to the University of Southern California after graduating from high school (USC). Due to his 690 SAT ranking on the college entrance exam, he had to miss out on his freshman year, which was ten points less than USC's minimum freshman eligibility score.
"I was branded a dumb jock," Seau told Sports Illustrated: "I was labeled a dumb jock." At USC, I went from being a four-sport star to a regular student. I discovered who my true friends were. Not our relatives, best friends, or neighbors — not mine. Samoans are incredibly jealous, not wanting others to succeed in life, and my parents were earful at church, "We told you he was never going to make it." He owed apologies to his mentor, teachers, and principal at Oceanside High.
He lettered in his last two seasons with the Trojans, 1988 and 1989, totaling 19 sacks in 1989 en route to a unanimous first-team All-American selection.
Professional career
Seau made the NFL draft after his junior season and was selected in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft by Bobby Beathard's San Diego Chargers as the fifth overall draft pick. After the wild antics of the cartoon character, Seau became one of the Chargers' most popular players. He was the face of the Chargers franchise and a San Diego sports icon.
Seau appeared in 15 of his 16 games during his rookie season as an alternate to the 1991 Pro Bowl after receiving 85 tackles. He had 129 tackles and seven sacks in 1991 and was named to the 1992 Pro Bowl, the first of 12 consecutive Pro Bowls for Seau. The Football Digest, AFC Defensive Player of the Year (NFLPA) and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) AFC Linebacker of the Year (1997) Michael Halas Trophy as the NFL's top defensive player and NFL Defensive Player of the Year by the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1992. In 1993 and 1994, he received the NFLPA award for the first time.
He appeared in no fewer than 13 games for the Chargers during the ensuing 11 seasons, leading to a career high of 155 tackles in 1994, when he led his team to a championship appearance in Super Bowl XXIX. He made 16 tackles in the 1994 AFC Championship Game while playing with a pinched nerve in his neck in a 17-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in one of his best games in his career. Despite San Diego's 1-15 record in 2000, the NFL Alumni Association named him their Linebacker of the Year. In 2002, his last year with the Chargers, he logged a then-career low 83 tackles and missed his final Pro Bowl due to an ankle injury.
Seau was traded to the Miami Dolphins on April 16, 2003, as a conditional draft pick. He appeared in 15 games for the 9–7 Dolphins in the season's season and was one of the team's best defensive players. However, Seau's four games, 68 tackles, and one sack were suspended in 2004. He appeared in five of the first seven games with the Dolphins in 2005, but he was suspended on November 24 due to an achilles tendon injury. The Dolphins released Seau on March 6, 2006.
On August 14, 2006, Seau announced his resignation at an emotional press conference. Since he was not going to stop working, he called it his "graduation." He pretended that he was only going into the next stage of his life.
Seau returned to football just four days after joining the New England Patriots. He appeared in 69 tackles before breaking his right arm while making a tackle against the Chicago Bears in a game against the Chicago Bears. On November 27, he was put on injured reserve and was put on the injured reserve.
Seau re-signed with the New England Patriots on May 21, 2007. Seau was named one of the Patriots' seven captains in September 2007. He was a key contributor to the Patriots' undefeated regular season. He appeared in four of the Patriots' 16 games in 2007, and then started the Patriots' two playoff games against the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII. With a Super Bowl loss to the Giants, New England's undefeated streak came to an end.
The Patriots suffered a number of injuries late in the 2008 season, so they re-signed Seau. He appeared in two of the four games he played. During a home game against the Arizona Cardinals, a fan was arrested for trespassing and assaulting Seau. Seau said he did not feel threatened by the fan; he assumed the fan was excited and excited and then carried away.
The New England Patriots had a "agreement in principle" with Seau for their fourth one-year contract, according to NFL Network; the Seau team went physical and worked out with the team. He officially signed on October 13. In 2009, he was active for 7 games for the Patriots, totaling 14 tackles as a reserve linebacker.
On January 13, 2010, Seau declared his decision to leave permanently on the television show Inside the NFL.
