Oscar Lua
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Linebacker, USC, to 2006

Oscar Lua

Lettered 2002, 2004–⁠06 (school media guide)

Born
May 9, 1984, in Indio, California

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Oscar Lua played linebacker at USC (to 2006). The New England Patriots took Lua in round 7, No. 211 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2005‡USC1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2005 (Oct 29 vs. Washington State): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklSacksIntPBUFFHur
2005113828660.51211

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2005 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 1atArizona StateW 38–⁠281

No box score in the source for Oct 29 vs. Washington State, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2007
Height6′0¾″
Weight236 lb
40-yard dash4.81 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.22 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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