Niko Koutouvides

Niko Stelios Koutouvides (born March 25, 1981) is an American football linebacker, currently with the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue. He has also played for the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Niko Koutouvides was born March 25, 1981, in Plainville, Connecticut, to Stelios and Niki Koutouvides. His paternal grandfather's side of the family were Greeks who fled Asia Minor during the Greek-Turkish War, early in the 20th century, and settled in Tanzania, Africa. Subsequently, Niko's father moved to the United States. His mother's side of the family is from the Greek island of Kefalonia in...