The University of Florida announced its 2025 Florida Athletics Hall of Fame 2025 inductees on Wednesday and included offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey among the seven student-athletes to earn the honor.
Originally from Lakeland, Florida, appeared in 41 games for the Gators while starting 39 of them from 2007-2009. His efforts as an All-American right guard and center helped lead the Gators to their last SEC and national title in 2008.
He became the first Gator in program history to win the Rimington Trophy — awarded annually to the nation’s best center — in 2009. He also collected First-Team All-America honors from Walter Camp, CBSSports.com, Sporting News and the FWAA following that season, and was a unanimous First-Team All-SEC selection on top of all that.
Maurkice Pouncey’s NFL career
Pouncey was selected in the first round (16th overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2010 NFL draft, beginning a 10-year career that kept him in the Steel City for a full decade by finishing third in the Rookie of the Year award vote.
He started all 134 games he appeared for the Steelers and was a two-time First-Team All-Pro, a three-time Second-Team All-Pro, a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.
Full 2025 Florida Athletics Hall of Fame Class
Florida Athletics Hall of Fame Class induction info
Inductees will be honored at the UF athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, scheduled for Oct. 17, ahead of Florida’s home football game the following day against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: Florida football great Maurkice Pouncey inducted into 2025 Florida Athletics Hall of Fame
Reporting by Adam Dubbin, Gators Wire / Gators Wire
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