JamesPogorelcnfo

Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021)

As a Senior (2023)

  • Appeared in all 12 games, including two starts on the offensive line
  • Drew his first career start at right tackle in the season opener at Hawai'i (Sept. 1)
  • Remained at right tackle the following week against No. 6 USC (Sept. 9)

As a Junior (2022)

  • Did not see action

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Did not see action

As a Freshman (2020)

  • Did not see action, retains ability to redshirt

Prior to Stanford

  • Played at Chantilly High School for head coach Sean Curry
  • A four-star recruit ranked No. 247 by 247Sports and No. 334 by PrepStar
  • Unanimous top 15 recruit in Virginia – ranked No. 6 by 247Sports, No. 8 by PrepStar, No. 13 by Rivals and No. 14 by ESPN
  • Consensus top 40 offensive tackle in the class, highlighted by a No. 19 ranking at the position by 247Sports
  • 2019 all-conference first team
  • 2019 all-region
  • 2019 all-NOVA
  • 2018 all-conference honorable mention
  • Switched positions from tight end to offensive tackle before his junior season
  • Also competed in basketball
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • An AP Scholar with Distinction and Academic Letterwinner

Personal

  • Son of Scott and Patricia Pogorelc
  • Father played football at Occidental College
  • Parents met while working at Stanford Telecom, an engineering company founded by Stanford alum James Spilker
  • Father did a summer internship at the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC)
  • Has one brother, Sean
  • Brother played football at Carnegie Mellon
  • Cousin Richie Shaffer played baseball at Clemson and played for the Tampa Bay Rays
  • Cousin Chris Shaffer played football at Lenoir-Rhyne
  • Cousin, Michael Kosar, played football at Virginia
  • Cousin, Caroline Bates, played soccer at Johns Hopkins
  • Nickname is Pogo
James_Pogorelc_MG_10162020_122
2020
Offensive Tackle
6-8 / 304 lbs
James_Pogorelc_DZ_072121_049
2021
Offensive Tackle
6-8 / 303 lbs
James_Pogorlec_071823_MG_0080_101
2023
Offensive Line
6-8 / 302 lbs