Oscar Lua is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on May 9, 1984 in Indio, California, United States. In 2004 Lua was a linebacker backup and a key special players. He played in the entire 13 games and recorded 13 tackles which included one loss. He made two stops in the games on both Virginia Tech and Oregon State.
In his senior year in 2006, Lua was injured during the season-opener against Arkansas. The injury caused him to lose his starting job, which he was never able to re-acquire. After returning from injury, Lua finished the year with 36 tackles.
Lua was selected by the New England Patriots in the seventh round (211th overall pick) of the 2007 NFL Draft. He was placed on the team’s injured reserve list before the season. On February 26, 2008, he was waived by the Patriots.
Lua played in the NCAA football tournament on The University of Southern California. He was hoping to compete to be the first middle linebacker spot as a sophomore in 2003 but he missed the spring training session while recuperating from knee injuries that he sustained late in 2002. The knee injury recurred which forced him to miss the majority of the 2003 season. However the player was able to redshirt due to his early-season injury.
Lua was a student at Indio High School in Indio, California. His senior year was when Lua received numerous distinctions and awards, including 2001 Prep Star All-American; Max Emfinger All-American; Super Prep All-Farwest Defensive MVP Prep Star All Western Region; Tom Lemming All-West; Tacoma News Tribune Western 100; Cal-Hi-Sports All-State Middle Schools’ first-team and All-CIF Division VIII’s first group; Los Angeles Times All-Southern California first team; Los Angeles Times All-Desert/Mountain first team; Riverside Press-Enterprise All-Riverside County first team; and All Desert Valley League MVP for defensive play.
In 2005, Lua emerged from fall camp as the starting middle linebacker and did a commendable job. He appeared in 12 games (starting 11) and had a team-high 66 tackles to go along with one-half sack, one fumble recovery, two forced fumbles, one interception and two pass defenses. He was named 2005 All-Pac-10 honorable mention. On the season, Lua registered: three tackles at Hawaii; a team-best eight stops against Arkansas; another eight at Oregon; three tackles and an interception at Arizona State; a team-best 10 tackles against Arizona; 10 tackles and a pass defended at Notre Dame; seven stops at Washington; three tackles and a fumble recovery against Washington State; six tackles and a forced fumble against Fresno State; two tackles and a pass defended against UCLA; and six tackles and forced a fumble against Texas.
