Kimo von Oelhoffen

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Kimo von Oelhoffen
Date of birth	January 30, 1971 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Position(s)	Defensive end/ tackle
College	Boise State
NFL Draft	1994 / Round 6/ Pick 162
Statistics	CBS.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1994-1999 2000-2005 2006-present	Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers New York Jets

Kimo von Oelhoffen (born January 30, 1971 in Kaunakakai, Hawaii) is an American football defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the NFL.

He played college football at Boise State University and was selected with the first pick of the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He is of German, Hawaiian, and Portuguese decent.

[edit] Carson Palmer's injury

Kimo was a member of the Super Bowl XL winning Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006. He gained notoriety on the playoff run by colliding with Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer's left knee by being blocked into Palmer by Bengals offensive guard Eric Steinbach. [1]

Palmer sustained damage to his ACL, MCL, and PCL.

Von Oelhoffen later claimed to apologize for the hit, and even though Palmer has said that Von Oelhoffen has never contacted him, Palmer forgave him, stating that the injury was, "just part of the game." Von Oelhoffen's contract was not renewed by the Steelers following the season; he later signed with the New York Jets.

During the off-season, the NFL Rules Committee modified the rule regarding low hits on quarterbacks. The so-called "Kimo Clause" now requires that defenders take every opportunity to avoid hitting a quarterback at or below the knees when the quarterback is in a defenseless position looking to throw with both feet on the ground. [2]