PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY
Eugene Philip Amano (born on March 1, 1982 in Manila, Philippines) is an American Football offensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans. He attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California, where he was an all-conference performer as an offensive and defensive lineman during his senior season and also lettered in basketball and track.
Amano late into his senior year had no scholarship offers and planned to walk-on to either the University of New Mexico or San Diego State University. But when SE Missouri State called one of his high school coaches about players on his team, he sold the recruiters on Amano. The recruiters acquired a tape of Amano and immediately offered him a scholarship. He attended Southeast Missouri State University. As a senior, he won the Division I-AA Dave Rimington Trophy, given annually to top center in college football at each level of competition. Amano was also named first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association, The NFL Draft Report and Football Gazette.
Amano is the second NFL player to be born in the Philippines, with Fred Jones being the first.

PROFESSIONAL
6’3” • 310 lbs. • Born: 3.1.82 • Exp. (NFL/Titans): 6/6 • D7b – 2004 • SE Missouri St.
Amano enters his sixth NFL season having played in all but one game during his career (79 career games played) with a total of 24 starts. A strong player with quick feet, he has experience at guard and center at both the college and pro levels. In 2008, Amano earned a starting role for the first time in his career, starting all 16 games at left guard and was a part of an offensive front that allowed an NFL-low 12 sacks. In his first four seasons in the NFL, Amano served primarily as a reserve at both center and guard. The former 1-AA Dave Rimington Award winner (given annually to the top center in college football at each level of competition) was drafted after pre-draft workout results of a 32.5-inch vertical leap, 30 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press and a 5.16-second 40-yard dash. He was selected with one of the team’s three compensatory picks in the seventh round of the 2004 draft (239th overall).

2009 (16/15/0/0): Member of an offensive line that blocked for the NFL’s second-best rushing attack (162.0 yards per game) and opened holes for Chris Johnson who became just the sixth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards … Part of an offensive front that allowed just 16 sacks, the second fewest in the NFL … Helped open holes for Titans’ rushers to gain 305 rushing yards, the second most yards on the ground in franchise history, against Jacksonville (11/1/09).

at Pittsburgh (9/10): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive front that helped amass 320 total yards of offense. Houston (9/20): Started at left guard and helped open holes for the Titans to gain 240 yards on the ground, including a then career-best 197 rushing yards from Chris Johnson. at N.Y. Jets (9/27): Saw action as a reserve on special teams, after missing much of practice during the week with an illness. at Jacksonville (10/4): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive front that did not allow a sack in 48 pass attempts. Indianapolis (10/11): Started at left guard. at New England (10/18): Started at left guard and opened holes for Titans rushers to gain 193 yards on the ground. Jacksonville (11/1): Started at left guard and helped open holes for Titans’ rushers to gain 305 rushing yards, the second most yards on the ground in franchise history … Part of an offensive front that did not allow a sack on 18 pass attempts in the Titans’ 30-13 victory. at San Francisco (11/8): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive front that blocked for Titans’ rushers to gain 152 yards on the ground in a 34-27 victory. Buffalo (11/15): Started at left guard and was a part of an offensive front that did not allow a sack on 25 pass attempts in the Titans’ 41-17 win. at Houston (11/23): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive line that didn’t allow a sack and opened holes for Titans’ rushers to gain 228 yards in the 20-17 Monday Night Football victory. Arizona (11/29): Started at left guard and was a part of an offensive front that helped the unit amass 532 total yards in the Titans’ 20-17 come-from-behind victory. at Indianapolis (12/6): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive line that allowed just one sack on 43 pass attempts. St. Louis (12/13): Started at left guard … Was a part of an offensive front that did not allow a sack on 27 pass attempts and opened holes for ball carriers to gain 160 yards on the ground in the Titans’ commanding 47-7 victory. Miami (12/20): Started at left guard in the Titans’ 27-24 overtime win. San Diego (12/25): Started at left guard and opened holes for Titans’ ball carriers to gain 182 yards on the ground. at Seattle (1/3): Started at left guard and was a member of an offensive front that opened holes for Chris Johnson to gain 134 yards on the ground, allowing him to surpass 2,000 rushing yards for the season … Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack on 28 pass attempts in the Titans’ season-ending 17-13 victory.