Position: Guard Name Justin Pugh Height 1.93 m Nationality American | Weight: 301 lb (137 kg) Date drafted 2013 | |
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Date of birth: (1990-08-15) August 15, 1990 (age 25) High school: Council Rock (PA) South Similar People Weston Richburg, Geoff Schwartz, Will Beatty, Ereck Flowers, Jonathan Casillas | ||
Place of birth: Newtown, Pennsylvania | ||
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Justin David Pugh (born August 15, 1990) is an American football offensive guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Syracuse University. Pugh was drafted by the Giants in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
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- Justin pugh draft day phone call
- Justin pugh 2013 nfl draft profile
- High school career
- College career
- Professional career
- References
Justin pugh 2013 nfl draft profile
High school career
Pugh attended Council Rock High School South in Holland, Pennsylvania. He was named to the 2008 Pennsylvania Football News All-State Second Team for defense. He earned all-area and All-Suburban One League First Team honors as a junior and senior and named second-team all-area as a defensive lineman as a senior. He was named 2008 team MVP and defensive player of the year as a team captain. As a sophomore, he earned second-team all-area honors as an offensive tackle.
College career
Pugh attended Syracuse University, where he played for the Syracuse Orange football team from 2009 to 2012. He started 34 games in his career, and earned All-Big East Conference honors in three consecutive seasons; second team as a sophomore, and first team as a junior and senior. Pugh entered the 2013 NFL Draft with a year of college football eligibility remaining. Since he had already graduated, Pugh was cleared by the National Football League to compete in the 2013 Senior Bowl.
Professional career
Pugh was selected by the New York Giants with the 19th pick in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. In 2013, he started all 16 games and only allowed 3 sacks.He played injured for much of the 2014 seasons missing 2 games and often struggling.
Following the team's drafting of offensive tackle Ereck Flowers with the 9th pick of the 2015 draft, Justin Pugh changed positions, moving to left guard from his old position of right tackle. Playing mostly at left guard, although filling in at left tackle and right tackle on multiple occasions due to injuries along the offensive line, Pugh demonstrated the ability at guard that many had speculated he would have when he was drafted in 2013. He missed 2 games due to a concussion. On April 26, 2016, the Giants picked up the fifth-year option on Pugh's contract.
