:Dave Yovanovits

{{Short description|American football player (born 1981)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Dave Yovanovits

|number=64, 68

|position=Guard

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1981|3|6|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Stanhope, New Jersey, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lbs=300

|height_in=3

|high_school=Hopatcong (NJ)

|college=Temple

|draftyear=2003

|draftround=7

|draftpick=237

|pastteams=

• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2003|2004}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2005}})
• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2006}})*
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2007}})

|statlabel1=Games

|statvalue1=6

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=1

|pfr=YovaDa20

}}

Dave Yovanovits (born March 6, 1981) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played in every snap of 40 of 45 games for Temple University. He was selected in the 2003 NFL draft by the New York Jets, whom he played for in 2003 and 2004.{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was released by the Jets in order to reduce salary cap space when the team signed Ty Law in 2005. Yovanovits made his first career start in the Browns' 20–16 win over the Baltimore Ravens in their 2005 season finale.Doerschuk, Steve. [http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=17&ID=302911&r=4 Rookie Harrison impresses with runs, TD catch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192633/http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=17&ID=302911&r=4 |date=2007-09-27 }}, cantonrep.com, accessed February 24, 2007. After briefly joining the Detroit Lions in December 2006, Yovanovits signed with the New Orleans Saints on February 16, 2007.[http://www2.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl/players/Dave_Yovanovits/ Dave Yovanovits] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106223520/http://www.sportsnet.ca/football/nfl/players/Dave_Yovanovits/ |date=2009-01-06 }}, sportsnet.ca, accessed May 7, 2007.

Yovanovits played high school football for Hopatcong High School in Hopatcong, New Jersey.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093647/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=YOVANDAV01 Dave Yovanovits]}}, database Football, accessed April 12, 2008. He has been a resident of Stanhope, New Jersey.Tatum, Kevin. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150922052018/http://articles.philly.com/2003-04-28/sports/25474847_1_dan-klecko-temple-coach-bobby-wallace-joe-klecko "Owls pleasantly surprised by draft The Patriots chose defensive lineman Dan Klecko, and the Jets took offensive tackle Dave Yovanovits."]}}, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28, 2013. Accessed October 9, 2015. "At home in Stanhope, N.J., Dave Yovanovits was glued to the televised NFL draft coverage from New York."