Louis Trinca-Pasat (Romanian: Trîncă-Păsat; born September 7, 1991) is an American former professional football defensive end.

[1] Trinca-Pasat attended Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago, where he was a four-sport athlete, lettering in football, basketball, track, and volleyball.

He helped Lane to the 2008 Chicago Public League football championship with former teammate Laken Tomlinson.

He chose to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes over his other top choices from Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Stanford.

As a redshirt freshman in 2011, Trinca-Pasat didn't get much playing time due to the fact he was still developing and improving his technique.