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Former COC Player Sopoaga Cut by Patriots

By Dave Caldwell, SCVNews.com | Friday, Mar 14, 2014

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Isaac Sopoaga played at COC from 2000-2001

ESPN Boston is reporting former College of the Canyons defensive lineman Isaac Sopoaga has been released by the New England Patriots.

Sopoaga has been in the NFL for ten years after he was drafted in the 4th round out of the University of Hawaii by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2004 draft.

The move to cut Sopoaga had been expected as he had slipped down the depth chart and was inactive for the team’s final two 2013 regular-season games and both playoff contests. He was scheduled to earn a base salary of $3.5 million.

Sopoaga will still receive a $1 million guarantee for 2014 as part of the contract that the Patriots inherited when they acquired him from the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 29, 2013. The move gives the Patriots added salary-cap flexibility and reflects how the trade with the Eagles didn’t produce the desired results.

The Patriots, facing a significant run of injuries at defensive tackle, shipped a 2014 fifth-round draft choice for Sopoaga and a 2014 sixth-round pick at the trade deadline. Sopoaga played in six games, with two starts, last season. He was credited with two tackles, one sack and one pass defended with the Patriots.

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