Kaleita returns to the Storm for his second season in the AFL... Signed with the Detroit Lions out of college in spring of 2005... Allocated to NFL Europe and played with Berlin Thunder in 2006... Signed with Tampa Bay on 1/25/07... Played second half of the season with a cast on his left wrist and did not allow a sack the entire season... Re-signed with Storm on 7/5/07.
2007
Played in 11 games and started nine... Spent four weeks on Injured Reserve with a dislocated left wris ... Did not allow a sack all season... Caught three passes for 26 yards and one touchdown. 3/2 vs. Orlando: Made AFL debut... 3/10 at Dallas: Caught first career pass for seven yards ... 3/17 vs. Georgia: Caught a pass in second consecutive game... Injured right wrist on reception... 3/21: Placed on Injured Reserve due to wrist injury... Weeks 4-7 on IR... 4/29 vs. Columbus: Started on OL... 5/6 at Austin: Started on OL... 5/12 at Los Angeles: Started on OL... 5/18 vs. Arizona: Started on OL... 5/26 at Georgia: Started on OL... 6/2 at New Orleans: Inactive... 6/9 vs. Philadelphia: Started on OL... 6/16 at Grand Rapids: Came in off the bench... 6/23 at Austin: Came in of bench... Did not allowed a sack all season... 6/30 vs. Columbus: Started first playoff game... Allowed no sacks and only one pressure.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted rookie free agent 4/28/05... The Lions allocated Kaleita to NFL Europe and Berlin selected him in the fifth round of the NFL Allocated Player Draft... Spent 2006 in NFL Europe with the Berlin Thunder
COLLEGE
Attended Eastern Michigan... Three year letter winner... Started every game his final three years and played in 35 consecutive games at left tackle... Served as offensive captain in 2004 and earned the Harold E. Sponberg award as the team’s top offensive lineman... Began freshman season at tight end before suffering an injury and switching to tackle.
PERSONAL
Was a volunteer coach with Dixie Hollins High School in Pinellas County, Florida in 2007... Selected to play in the East-West High School football All-Star Game... Named all-conference and all-region in football his senior year at Kingsley High in Michigan... Named Kingsley High’s Senior Athlete of the Year... Two time all-conference in baseball and basketball... Parents are Gary and Leslie.
