- Kailee Wong
Infobox NFLretired
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position=Linebacker
number=52
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|5|23Eugene, Oregon
deathdate=
debutyear=1998
finalyear=2006
draftyear=1998
draftround=2
draftpick=51
college=Stanford
teams=
*Minnesota Vikings (1998-2001)
*Houston Texans (2002-2006)
stat1label=Tackles
stat1value=498
stat2label=Sacks
stat2value=21.5
stat3label=Interceptions
stat3value=6
nfl=WON199339Kailee Wong (born
May 23 ,1976 in Eugene,Oregon ) is a formerlinebacker in theNational Football League . Wong was recruited by Bill Walsh, and subsequently played collegiately as anAll-America n atStanford University . He attendedNorth Eugene High School . When Walsh recruited Wong, the stipulation being that he would not have to play offense, despite being a record-setting fullback at the high school level .Wong was selected by the
Minnesota Vikings in the second round (51st overall) in the1998 NFL Draft . He had a career high 134 tackles in 2000, and returned aBrett Favre interception for atouchdown in 2001. Wong was signed as afree agent by theHouston Texans in 2002 and played until his retirement after the 2006 season.His ethnic background is native Hawaiian and Chinese on his father's side and
Europe an on his mother's side [ [http://starbulletin.com/1999/08/05/sports/kwon.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Columns ] ] . His wife is Marissa Lopez, sister ofMario Lopez who playedA.C. Slater in "Saved by the Bell ".References
External links
* [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/sports/1996_Dec_27.WONG.html 1996 article on Kailee Wong]
* [http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/91/33/15_1_m.html 1997 article on Kailee Wong from Arizona Daily Wildcat]
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