Ethan Pocic

Ethan Pocic (/ˈpoʊzɪk/ POH-zik[1]) (born August 5, 1995) is an American football center for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU. Pocic has also played the guard position. He was drafted in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks.

Ethan Pocic
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Pocic with the Cleveland Browns in 2022
No. 55 – Cleveland Browns
Position:Center
Personal information
Born: (1995-08-05) August 5, 1995
Lemont, Illinois, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:309 lb (140 kg)
Career information
High school:Lemont (Lemont, Illinois)
College:LSU
NFL Draft:2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2021
Games played:57
Games started:40
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

He was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection by SEC coaches as a junior in 2015.[2] As a senior in 2016, Pocic was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy.[3][4] That year, he was a first-team All-SEC selection by the Associated Press.[5]

Professional career

Pocic received an invitation to the Senior Bowl and helped the South defeat the North 16-15. During the Senior Bowl, he met with the San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Ravens.[6] He also attended the NFL Combine and completed all the combine and positional drills. Although he attended LSU's Pro Day, he chose to only run positional drills for scouts and representatives. NFL draft experts and analysts projected Pocic to be a second or third round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. He was ranked the second best center in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN, was ranked the fourth best interior offensive lineman in the draft by NFL analyst Bucky Brooks, and was ranked the fifth best interior offensive lineman by NFL analyst Mike Mayock.[7][8][9][10][11]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench pressWonderlic
6 ft 6 in
(1.98 m)		 310 lb
(141 kg)		 33+1⁄8 in
(0.84 m)		 10+1⁄8 in
(0.26 m)		5.15 s1.82 s3.02 s4.81 s7.89 s27 in
(0.69 m)		8 ft 11 in
(2.72 m)		26 reps27
All values from NFL Combine[12]

Seattle Seahawks
Pocic with the Seattle Seahawks in 2018

The Seattle Seahawks selected Pocic in the second round (58th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[13]

Pocic made his first career start on October 22, 2017, against the New York Giants in Week 7.[14] In his rookie season, Pocic started five games at left guard in place of an injured Luke Joeckel and the final six games of the season at right guard in place of an injured Oday Aboushi, allowing only two sacks all season.[15] He was named to the 2017 PFWA All-Rookie Team after a solid rookie season.[16]

On October 11, 2019, Pocic was placed on injured reserve with a back injury.[17] He was designated for return from injured reserve on November 27, 2019, and began practicing with the team again.[18] He was activated on December 13, 2019.[19] He was placed back on injured reserve on December 31, 2019.[20]

Pocic re-signed with the Seahawks on March 22, 2021.[21] He suffered a knee sprain in Week 1 and was placed on injured reserve on September 15, 2021.[22] He was activated on October 15.[23]

Cleveland Browns

On April 6, 2022, Pocic signed with the Cleveland Browns.[24] He was named the Browns starting center to begin the season. He started the first 10 games before suffering a knee injury in Week 11. He was placed on injured reserve on November 22.[25] He was activated on December 23.[26]

On March 15, 2023, Pocic signed a three-year, $18 million contract extension with the Browns.[27]

References
  1. "VMAC Views - Weight Room with Ethan Pocic". Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  2. Kalland, Robby (December 8, 2015). "2015 Coaches' All-SEC Team: Alabama leads the way with 10 selections". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. Times-Picayune, Andrew Lopez, NOLA com | The. "LSU center Ethan Pocic named finalist for Rimington Trophy". NOLA.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ADVOCATE, JAMES BEWERS | SPECIAL TO THE. "LSU center Ethan Pocic a finalists for Rimington Trophy". The Advocate.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "It's a Sweep: No 1. Alabama Cleans up on AP All-SEC Team". ABC News. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  6. "Senior Bowl: South team roster". seniorbowl.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  7. "Ethan Pocic, DS #2 C, LSU". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  8. "2017 NFL Draft Rankings: Top Prospects by Position". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  9. Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 Draft's Top 100 Players". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  10. Mike Mayock (April 12, 2017). "Mike Mayock's 2017 NFL Draft position rankings 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  11. Bucky Brooks (April 25, 2017). "Bucky Brooks' 2017 NFL Draft position rankings 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  12. "Ethan Pocic Stats, News and Video - OG". NFL.com.
  13. Boyle, John (April 28, 2017). "Seattle Seahawks Select LSU Offensive Lineman Ethan Pocic With No. 58 Overall Pick In 2017 NFL Draft". Seahawks.com.
  14. "Ethan Pocic Game Log - NFL". FOX Sports.
  15. "Ethan Pocic Stats NFL Stats". FOX Sports.
  16. "2017 All-Rookie Team named". ProFootballWriters.org. January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  17. Boyle, John (October 11, 2019). "Seahawks Promote Guard Jordan Roos & Tight End Jacob Hollister From Practice Squad". Seahawks.com.
  18. Patton, Andy (November 29, 2019). "Seahawks designate Ethan Pocic to return from injured reserve". USAToday.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  19. "Rashaad Penny headed to injured reserve to make room for Ethan Pocic". Seahawks Wire. USA Today. December 13, 2019.
  20. Boyle, John (December 31, 2019). "Seahawks Place Ethan Pocic On Injured Reserve, Promote Kyle Fuller From Practice Squad". Seahawks.com.
  21. Boyle, John (March 22, 2021). "Seahawks Re-Sign Center Ethan Pocic". Seahawks.com. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  22. Boyle, John (September 15, 2021). "Seahawks Promote LB Jon Rhattigan From Practice Squad, Place C Ethan Pocic On Injured Reserve". Seahawks.com.
  23. Boyle, John (October 15, 2021). "Seahawks Place Russell Wilson & Chris Carson On Injured Reserve; Tre Brown & Ethan Pocic Activated From IR". Seahawks.com.
  24. "Browns sign C Ethan Pocic". ClevelandBrowns.com. April 6, 2022.
  25. "Browns sign C Greg Mancz, place C Ethan Pocic on IR". ClevelandBrowns.com. November 22, 2022.
  26. "Browns activate C Ethan Pocic from injured reserve, make other roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. December 23, 2022.
  27. "Browns re-sign C Ethan Pocic to 3-year extension". ClevelandBrowns.com. March 15, 2023.
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