Mike Pouncey

Mike Pouncey

Pouncey with the Miami Dolphins in 2011
No. 51 Miami Dolphins
Position:	Center
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1989-07-24) July 24, 1989 (age 27)
Place of birth:	Ardmore, Oklahoma
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	299 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lakeland (FL)
College:	Florida
NFL Draft:	2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
Career history
Miami Dolphins (2011–present)
Roster status:	Injured reserve
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl (2013–2015) PFWA All-Rookie Team (2011) 2× First-team All-American (2009, 2010) First-team All-SEC (2009) BCS national champion (2008) SEC champion (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of 2016
Games played: 77 Games started: 77 Player stats at NFL.com

James Michael Pouncey (born July 24, 1989) is an American football center for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Florida, was a member of a BCS National Championship team, and earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Pouncey was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He attended Lakeland High School, where he was a standout lineman for the Lakeland Dreadnaughts high school football team. As a senior in 2006, he helped lead Lakeland High to its third consecutive Florida Class 5A state championship and second straight USA Today national championship.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Pouncey was listed as the No. 16 offensive guard in the nation in 2007. He chose Florida over offers from Florida State, Clemson, Miami, and Michigan.

Pouncey accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football team from 2007 to 2010. As a freshman in 2007, he started the season as an offensive lineman but had to move to the defensive line as replacement when several defensive starters were injured.