2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

122 UNGER/VALLOS
HOW ACQUIRED: Drafted with the 17th selection
in the second round (49th overall) of the
2009 NFL Draft. Third center drafted in the second
round in club history. Fifth player selected
from Oregon in school history (Nick Reed
became the sixth).
NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• First rookie lineman to start all 16 games
since Ray Roberts in 1992.
• Started first 13 games at right guard before
moving to center for the final three games.
COLLEGE: Started 51 consecutive games and
earned all-conference honors in every season,
including being named first-team All-Pac-10
twice. Also named to several All-Amercan teams.
Earned those accolades at two positions: left
tackle in 2005 and 2006 and center in 2007 and
2008. As a senior, started all 13 games, including
11 at center. The Ducks led the Pac-10 and finished
second in the nation with an average of
HOW ACQUIRED: Drafted with the 22nd pick
in the 7th round (232nd overall) of the 2007 NFL
Draft.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Played in all 16 games in 2009, starting
three, two at center in place of Chris Spencer
(quadriceps) and one at left guard in place of
Rob Sims (ankle).
• Played in all 16 games on special teams or
offensive line in 2008, starting five games at
Position . . . . . . . . .Guard/Center
Height . . .6-5 Weight . . .305
College . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oregon
NFL Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd
Seahawks Seasons . . . . . . . .2nd
Born . . . . . . . . . . .April 14, 1986
Hometown . .Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
280.08 yards per game on the ground. They also
led the league in scoring (41.92 ppg, seventh in
the country) and total offense (484.85 ypg).
PERSONAL: Attended Hawaii Preparatory
(Honaunau, Hi.) Academy, playing football for
head coach Tom Goodspeed. Ranked among
nation's top 50 offensive guards by Rivals.com
as a senior. Did not begin playing organized football
until the ninth grade, but in only his second
season, he was a member of the Honolulu Star-
Bulletin's 2002 second-team All-State squad.
Playing on both sides of the ball during his last
two years, he received first-team All-Big Island
Inter-scholastic Federation honors both times.
UNGER’S NFL RECORD
Year Team — GP/GS Postseason
2009 Seattle — 16/16 —
NFL TOTALS — 16/16 —
Position . . . . . . . . .Guard/Center
Height . . .6-3 Weight . . .311
College . . . . . . . . . . .Wake Forest
NFL Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th
Seahawks Seasons . . . . . . . . .4th
Born . . . . . . .December 28, 1983
Hometown . . . . . .Boardman, Ohio
Pronunciation . . . . . . . .VAL-ose
center in place of Chris Spencer (back).
• Made first career start at center on
Thanksgiving day at Dallas (11/27/08).
• Spent the entire 2007 season on the team’s
practice squad.
COLLEGE: Left Wake Forest as the school’s alltime
leader in career starts (48). Named firstteam
All-American by Sports Illustrated andThe
Sporting News, first-team All-ACC and ACC
Player of the Year by College Football News fol-