Mike Gruttadauria
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| Position: | Center | ||||
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| Date of birth: | December 6, 1972 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Tarpon Springs (FL) | ||||
| College: | UCF | ||||
| Undrafted: | 1995 | ||||
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| Games played: | 129 |
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Michael Jason Gruttadauria (born December 6, 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at the University of Central Florida.
In his younger years, his family moved between Las Vegas, South Jersey and Fort Lauderlade. He attended Tarpon Springs High School, where he began to play organized football. He initially accepted a half football scholarship from the University of Central Florida, where he became a four-year starter and is recognized as the greatest center in school history.
In 2004, he was named to the Orlando Sentinel's 25th Anniversary University of Central Florida Football Team. He also was inducted into UCF Athletics Hall of Fame.
Gruttadauria was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys in 1995, after not being selected in the NFL Draft because he was considered to be too small to play at the professional level. On August 22, he was released along with the entire practice squad when the team signed Deion Sanders and the Cowboys didn't have enough salary cap room to keep the players.
In 1996, he was signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams after being out of football for a year, and was named the starting center for the last 3 games of the season. Though he entered each year with the Rams as the starter, injuries and knee surgeries limited his starts.
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