Justin Pugh was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
25 Facts About Justin Pugh
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Justin Pugh was named to the 2008 Pennsylvania Football News All-State Second-team for defense.
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Justin Pugh 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.
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Justin Pugh was named 2008 team MVP and defensive player of the year as a team captain.
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Justin Pugh attended Syracuse University, where he played for the Syracuse Orange football team from 2009 to 2012.
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Justin Pugh 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.
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Justin Pugh entered the 2013 NFL Draft with a year of college football eligibility remaining.
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Since he had already graduated, Justin Pugh was cleared by the National Football League to compete in the 2013 Senior Bowl.
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Justin Pugh was the fifth offensive tackle and seventh offensive linemen selected in 2013.
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Justin Pugh became the highest player selected from Syracuse since Dwight Freeney in 2002 and the highest offensive linemen selected from Syracuse since Bob Fleck in 1954.
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Head coach Tom Coughlin named Justin Pugh the starting right tackle to begin his rookie season.
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Justin Pugh started the first half of the season poorly, but made significant improvement in the second half of the season.
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Justin Pugh received an overall grade of -4.9 for the first half of the season, +12.0 for the last eight games, and received an overall grade of -1.6 for the entire season.
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Out of 644 pass block snaps in 16 starts, Justin Pugh allowed 43 hurries, gave up five sacks, and three hits.
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Justin Pugh entered the 2014 season slated as the incumbent starting right tackle after the retirement of David Diehl.
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Justin Pugh entered training camp as the starting left guard after the New York Giants signed free agent Marshall Newhouse and named him the starting right tackle.
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Justin Pugh started 14 games throughout the season and missed two games due to a concussion.
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Justin Pugh received high grades, played well throughout the season, and was ranked fifth among all offensive guards in performance grades through the first eight games.
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In 2017, Justin Pugh started the first eight games before going down with a back injury.
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Justin Pugh missed the next five games before being placed on injured reserve on December 14,2017.
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On March 17,2018, Justin Pugh signed a five-year, $45 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
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Justin Pugh started seven games at right guard before suffering a knee injury in Week 10.
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Justin Pugh was placed on injured reserve on November 13,2018.
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In 2019, Justin Pugh started all 16 games, 14 at left guard and two at right tackle.
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In Week 6 of the 2022 season, Justin Pugh suffered a torn ACL and was placed on injured reserve on October 20,2022, ending his season.