Senio Kelemete

BIOGRAPHY

Senio Kelemete was born on May 10th, 1990, in Valrico, Florida. He currently plays offensive guard for the Houston Texans in the NFL.

Prior to his college career, Kelemete attended Evergreen High School, where he was a four-year starter on the varsity football team. As a junior in 2006, he earned first-team all-league as both an offensive and defensive lineman as he helped the team to an 8–2 record. In 2007, Evergreen went 9–2 and went the state playoffs for the first time since 2001 while Kelemete was honored as the Seamount League's Lineman of the Year on both offense and defense.

Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Kelemete was ranked as the No. 45 offensive tackle prospect in his class. He chose Washington over offers from California and Oregon State. The Huskies recruited Kelemete as a defensive lineman.

In his true freshman season, Kelemete played in eight of the Huskies' 12 games as a defensive tackle, including four starts: vs. BYU, Oklahoma, Stanford, and Arizona. In the off-season, he was moved over to the offensive line and started 11 of the Huskies' 12 games at right guard (all but UCLA) in 2009. He earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors and was named the John P. Angel Lineman of the Year at the Huskies' postseason awards banquet.

For his junior year, Kelemete was moved from guard to left tackle and named team captain. He started all 13 games, one of only two UW o-linemen to do so. Still a team captain in 2011, Kelemete started all 13 games at left tackle again and was named second-team All-Pac-12. He was a member of the North team at the 2012 Senior Bowl.

The Arizona Cardinals selected Kelemete in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Kelemete became the first offensive lineman in NFL history to make a reception in his debut when he caught a deflected Brian Hoyer pass intended for wide receiver Andre Roberts for 10 yards.

He was signed to the New Orleans Saints' practice squad on September 2, 2013. On March 4, 2016, the Saints re-signed Kelemete to a two-year deal.

On March 14, 2018, Kelemete signed a three-year contract with the Houston Texans.