Meet Jarrod Pughsley! A Lima Senior Alumni

Photo By: The Kansas City Star

Jarrod Pughsley attended Lima Senior High School from 2005-2009. Pughlsey isn't your normal Ohio native, in fact in he wasn't even born in Ohio. Pughsley was born in Oakland, California and moved to Ohio before he was three months old. Pughsley played high school football at Lima Senior High School in Lima, Ohio as an offensive lineman and was on the varsity team his final two seasons. Pughsley was named Second-team All-Northwest District in his junior year and First-team All-Northwest District in his senior year. He also played basketball at Lima High and helped the team finish with a 19–6 record during the 2008–09 season. After graduating in 2009, Pughlsey had multiple D2 offers to play college football but chose to walk on at the University of Akron. Pughsley was a four-year letterman for the Akron Zips of the University of Akron from 2010 to 2013. He earned a full football scholarship in 2011. He played in 12 games, all starts at left tackle, in 2013 and earned Third-team All-MAC honors. He was also one of eight recipients of the team's Harry "Doc" Smith Award, which is given to the "outstanding player in each class on offense and defense." Pughsley received the award as the outstanding senior on offense. He was also one of three recipients of the team's Captains Award. Pughsley was the team captain on offense during his senior year. Pughsley signed with the Dallas Cowboys in May 2014 after going undrafted in the 2014 NFL Draft. Pughsley then signed to the Kansas City Chiefs' practice squad on October 21, 2014. On November 15, 2016, Pughsley was signed to the Baltimore Ravens practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Ravens on January 2, 2017. He was waived during final roster cutdowns on September 1, 2017. He is currently a Free Agent.