TRANSACTIONS:

-           Originally a 6th round (189th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2006.

GIANTS NOTES:

-           Koets joined Aaron Ross, Steve Smith, Jay Alford, Zak DeOssie, Kevin Boss, Michael Johnson and Ahmad Bradshaw as 2007 Giants draft choices who contributed in the rookie season.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

-           As a rookie in 2007, Koets was inactive for all of the Giants’ regular season games and 3 of 4 postseason games.
-           Played on special teams in the Giants’ NFC Wild Card victory at Tampa Bay (1/6).

COLLEGE:
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            Started the last 37 games of his career at left tackle…Semi-finalist for the Draddy Award, which is given to the nation’s top scholar-athlete…Three-time Academic All-Pac 10 honoree…Allowed just 4 sacks during his last 2 years…Was a 2nd team All-Pac 10 selection as a senior in 2006.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY:

-           Joined several teammates to visit New York City Foodbank’s Café Cielo in the Bronx prior to Thanksgiving to speak to kids about the importance of nutrition and exercise.
-           Joined teammates to visit wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, D.C. prior to the Super Bowl champions’ trip to the White House.
-           Participated in the 2007 Giants Foundation Golf Outing.
-           Showed off his culinary expertise in the Giants Player Developments’ “Gridiron Chef Cook-off.”
-           Visited members of the National Guard at McGuire AFB in NJ, and participated in a refueling flight.
-           Attended the Giants’ annual fundraiser dinner benefitting The Ronald McDonald House of NYC.
-           Joined numerous teammates at the Ronald McDonald House of NYC for a summer barbeque with the kids and their families.
-           Attended a fundraiser benefitting the Feal Good Foundation.

PERSONAL:

-           Played at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, Cal.
-           Earned 3 letters in football, starting in each of those seasons as a defensive end and during his senior season as a left tackle on offense.
-           Earned 1st-team All-Century League honors on offense his final season and was a 3-time All-League selection on defense.
-           Second- team All-Orange County and 1st- team All-CIF Division VI choice on offense as a senior.
-           Named the school’s scholar-athlete as a senior.  International Business major with a minor in German.
-           Three-time Academic All-Pac 10 Conference choice.
-           Participated in the study-abroad program, spending the summer of 2005 in Germany.
-           A thrill seeker who has enjoyed sky diving, bungee jumping, surfing and other related extreme sports.
-           Uncle, Dr. Richard Bultman, played tennis at Michigan.
-           Son of Helen and Russell Koets (pronounced coats).
-           Born Jan. 7, 1984 in Santa Ana, Cal.