Can't believe he wasn't Drafted, 35 Reps at 225 lbs, why wasn't he Drafted? Great FA signing.
http://www.ohio.com/news/top-storie...ight-walk-on-to-starting-left-tackle-1.300947
All Pughsley has done in 13 practices is come on to take over the starting left tackle spot (at Akron) on the offensive line, putting an exclamation point on his career at UA.
Pughsley, who had a host of interest from Division II schools coming out of Lima Senior High School, chose to walk on for the Zips, feeling that he had the ability to play football at the Division I level.
He also walked on with 50 pounds of excess weight.
“I worked my butt off to get on scholarship,” Pughsley said. “I have a single mother; it’s all the motivation that I needed.”
Pughsley took off the weight, beginning in January 2010, and worked on it continuously. Injuries kept him off the field except for a few games last season. But to watch him play, he looks as if he always has been a fit at the left tackle position.
He’s long at 6-foot-4, 290 pounds, giving him plenty of range to pass protect. In fact, he’s one of the few offensive linemen who have been able to contain Zips defensive end Albert Presley during drills. Yes, it’s only practice, but he fits the mold of what coach Terry Bowden’s offense needs at that position.
“In what we do offensively, we can’t have non-athletic linemen,” offensive line coach Alan Arrington said. “We got to have guys who move their feet. I think now, after 13 practices, there’s no question he’s the guy who will be at left tackle. There’s nobody even close.”
