Kailee Wong

Infobox NFLretired


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position=Linebacker
number=52
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|5|23
Eugene, 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=WON199339

Kailee Wong (born May 23, 1976 in Eugene, Oregon) is a former linebacker in the National Football League. Wong was recruited by Bill Walsh, and subsequently played collegiately as an All-American at Stanford University. He attended North 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 the 1998 NFL Draft. He had a career high 134 tackles in 2000, and returned a Brett Favre interception for a touchdown in 2001. Wong was signed as a free agent by the Houston 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 European 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 of Mario Lopez who played A.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]