Kavika Pittman

In 2014, he was inducted into the McNeese State Hall of Fame, besides being named to the 1990s and the All-time Southland Conference football teams.

He was released during the 2003 offseason, because of the salary cap and a decrease in production.

On May 23, 2003, he was signed as free agent by the Carolina Panthers. However, in only his second game, he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament after being chop-blocked by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Keenan McCardell. He re-injured the knee in the 2004 training camp, was placed on injured reserve and was not re-signed at the end of the season.

In 2001, he started 14 games at left defensive end, totaling 50 tackles (43 solo), one sack, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He suffered a left calf tear in the 14th game of the season against the Kansas City Chiefs and was placed on the injured reserve list.

Pittman signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos in 2000 and as the starter at right defensive end (15 starts), he proceeded to collect a career-high 7 sacks, 39 tackles (33 solo), one pass defensed, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

He was a backup defensive end behind Charles Haley and Tony Tolbert, until earning a starter position in 1998, playing opposite to rookie Greg Ellis and finishing with 6 sacks (led the team), 16 quarterback pressures (third on the team), 59 tackles (3 for loss), 7 passes defensed, 2 fumble recoveries and a forced fumble. He had a sack in four consecutive games. In the fifteenth game against the Philadelphia Eagles, he made 5 tackles before straining his right hamstring in the third quarter, which forced him to miss the last game and the playoff loss against the Arizona Cardinals.

The Dallas Cowboys traded down their first-round draft choice in the 1996 NFL Draft, sending to the Washington Redskins the 30th (Andre Johnson) and 250th (DeAndre Maxwell) picks, in exchange for their 37th and 67th draft choices. The team gambled that they could move down into the second round and still select Tony Brackens, while changing a seventh-round selection into a third (#67-Clay Shiver). The Jacksonville Jaguars ended up selecting Brackens and the Cowboys still needing a defensive end, drafted Pittman in the second round (37th overall). He was originally seen as a project, with the plan of eventually replacing Shante Carver.

Kavika Charles Pittman (born October 9, 1974) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Carolina Panthers. He played college football at McNeese State University.