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Mike Pouncey – August 6, 2016 Download PDF version

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Center Mike Pouncey

(On graduating today from the University of Florida) – “It was an exciting day. I was excited to go back up (to Gainesville) and walk with my class. It meant the world to my parents for me to graduate from college. It’s another accomplishment I can say that I earned.”

(On his motivation to return to school) – “My mom. It was something she was really big on (when) we left off for school. I promised her before I left out of school (early that) I was going to be a college graduate. I was one class away, and this was the first semester that they offered it online in the summer, and I took advantage of it and ultimately got a degree from the University of Florida.”

(On what he earned his degree in) – “Sociology. That’s the easy way out, you know that! (laughter) I’m a football player!” (laughter)

(On taking his last final exam) – “Actually, yesterday I took my final exam. (I) ended up passing my final exam. I called the University of Florida and told them that I wanted to walk with my class, so they were very accepting of it. (I am) very appreciative they let me walk with my class. It was a fun time being up there with my family.”

(On when his brother Pittsburgh Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey will graduate from Florida) – “My Brother? He has a full year. He has a long way to go.” (laughter)

(On how the offense played in tonight’s scrimmage) – “It’s one day out of training camp. Obviously, it doesn’t affect our mindset going into the season, how we feel (about) the (type of) offense we can be. Obviously, today, we didn’t come out with the right mindset to compete against these guys, and it showed. The defense played really well today and they deserve all the credit.”

(On how he hopes to use his degree) “We’ll see. Right now, (I am) focusing on my career in the NFL. (I will) see how long it takes me (and) see how long I can play. After that, we’ll see how it goes. I haven’t put too much thought into it. I haven’t even gotten the degree yet. All I did was shake a few hands and walk across a stage.” (laughter)

(On studying for a final exam during training camp) – “It was kind of tough, but I got through it. I had the advantage of taking (the class) a few weeks before training camp started. It was just the last couple weeks into training camp (where there were) a few assignments and then my final exam. It was pretty easy to get through it.”

(On whether he thinks it will take a while for the offense to grow) – “I don’t think so. I think our offense is going to be okay. I think this is just one day. You guys have been out at training camp all training camp and seen the progress our offense has had. Obviously, we only ran 10 plays today, and I hate to judge our offense off 10 plays.”

(On QB Ryan Tannehill having the ability to audible at the line of scrimmage) – “It means we have a lot of trust in him. Obviously, he’s going to put us in the right play. (It is) something that Ryan (Tannehill) has wanted to do his whole career, and he’s finally got the opportunity to do it. I think he has been doing really well at it.”

(On when he plans to start his wrestling career after talking with WWE wrestler Big Show following practice) – “When I get as big as the Big Show.” (laughter)

(On whether he was a fan of Big Show growing up) – “I was a big fan. Like I said, we watched (wrestling) my whole childhood growing up. We used to always look up those guys. Wrestling was like the biggest deal when we were kids. To see these guys – and finally meet them – he’s everything I expected to be.”

(On Big Show being bigger than an offensive lineman) – “He’s probably one of the three dudes I’ve ever met in my life that’s bigger than me. I was happy to meet him. Like I said, I was a big fan my whole life. He’s a very kind guy. You can tell why he was very successful in the sport.”

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