James Pogorelc Season 2023

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