Mike Pearson (American football)
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 22, 1980 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Tampa, Florida | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 297 lb (135 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Seffner (FL) Armwood | ||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2002 / Round: 2 / Pick: 40 | ||||||
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| Games played: | 40 |
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| Games started: | 33 |
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| Games played: | 9 |
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| Games started: | 9 |
Michael Wayne Pearson (born August 22, 1980) is an American former college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) for five seasons. Pearson played college football for the University of Florida, and earned consensus All-American honors. A second-round pick in the 2002 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL and the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.
Pearson was born in Tampa, Florida in 1980. He attended Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida, where he played high school football for the Armwood Hawks.
Pearson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1999 to 2001. After being red-shirted in 1998, he was a three-year letterman for the Gators, and he received the Gators' James W. Kynes Award, recognizing him as the lineman who "best exemplified mental and physical toughness and iron-man determination." He was also a two-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Honor Roll selection. Pearson played in thirty-five games with thirty-three starts, including two bowl games: the 2001 Orange Bowl and the 2000 Sugar Bowl. He was a first-team All-SEC selection in 2000 and 2001, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 2001.
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