Career Accolades

As a Junior (2022)

As a Sophomore (2021)

As a Freshman (2020)

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