P. J. Pope
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| Position: | Running back | ||
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| Date of birth: | February 26, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth: | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||
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| College: | Bowling Green | ||
| Undrafted: | 2006 | ||
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William Leroy "P. J." Pope, Jr. (born February 26, 1984) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Bowling Green.
Pope has also played for the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos.
Pope attended Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Ohio, where he excelled in baseball and football. During his senior year, Pope ran for 2,230 rushing yards and 36 touchdowns, enough to help him win the "Southern Ohio Player of the Year" Award.
During Pope's career at Bowling Green State University, he managed to become the school's third all-time leading rusher. He became the only player in the school's history to record 3,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards.
The Chicago Bears signed Pope as an undrafted free agent before the 2006 NFL preseason to compensate for the absence of starting running backs Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson. The Bears later cut Pope from the team on September 9, but was shortly re-signed onto the practice squad.
The Green Bay Packers signed Pope from the Bears' practice squad on October 31, 2006. On August 24, 2007, he was cut along with 11 other players from Green Bay.
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