Adam Koets

Koets was born in Santa Ana, California to parents Russell and Helen Koets. He has one older brother, Jeff and an older sister, Amber. Koets attended Foothill High School in North Tustin, California. Koets lettered three years in football. He started three years as a defensive end and his senior season as a left tackle on offense. He was chosen as a first-team All-Century League on offense his final season and a three-time all-league selection on defense. Koets was the Century League Defensive Lineman of the Year twice and second-team All-Orange County and first-team All-CIF Division VI on offense as a senior. In his high school career, he had 229 tackles and 16 quarterback sacks. He graduated from Foothill High in 2002.

Koets attended Oregon State University where he played offensive tackle. After redshirting in 2002, Koets played in five games in 2003 as a redshirt freshman. In 2004, he started all 12 games. As a junior in 2005, Koets started all 11 games at left tackle. His play assisted Beaver running back Yvenson Bernard to rank ninth in the nation with a 120.1 yards per game average and quarterback Matt Moore to finish second in the Pac-10 for yards per game passing at 271.1 yards per game. In his senior year in 2006, Koets was a second-team All Pac-10 Conference selection after helping the team to average 360.6 yards per game. He started all 13 games his senior season. In his time with Oregon State, he was a three-time Academic All-Pac-10 Conference selection. He graduated with a major in International Business and a minor in German.

Koets was selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2007 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2007/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} During his four-year career, he played eleven games, starting four.{{cite web |title=Adam Koets, OT |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/adamkoets/2495656/profile |website=nfl.com |publisher=NFL Productions, LLC. |access-date=10 November 2019}} In the 2007 postseason, he started the 2007–08 NFL playoffs.{{cite web |title=Wild Card - New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - January 6th, 2008 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200801060tam.htm |website=Pro-football-Reference.com |access-date=10 November 2019}}

He was released from the Physically Unable to Perform list on November 8, 2011.{{Citation |date=January 13, 2011 |title=NFL Transactions Report |url=http://www.nfl.com/transactions?transactionMonth=11&transactionYear=2011&transactionTeamAbbr=NYG&prevTransactionMonth=11&prevTransactionYear=2011&prevTransactionTeamAbbr=}}

Koets is a thrill seeker, enjoying sky diving, bungee jumping, surfing and other related extreme sports.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfdsny.org/htmlweb/news_11_telethon_koets.html |title=Giants Tackle Adam Koets at 2011 Telethon! |access-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105234911/http://www.cfdsny.org/htmlweb/news_11_telethon_koets.html |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Koets is also an accomplished singer and has appeared with the Grove Valve Orchestra, a band led by food industry magnate, Gary Erickson.

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