Josh Sitton life and biography

Josh Sitton is an American football guard for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL.

• Was the only Packers offensive lineman to open every game at one spot in 2009. Also played all 1,093 snaps on offense, the only player on either side of the ball to not miss a snap with his unit.
• Was slated to start at right guard as a rookie if not for a preseason knee injury.
• Capped off college career by helping lead Central Florida to its first conference championship in school history, and helped the Knights’ offense set single-season school records for points (501) and rushing yards (3,287) as a senior.
• Teammate of Packers safety Atari Bigby for one season and Broncos WR Brandon Marshall for two seasons at UCF.

PRO CAREER:
Strong, stout lineman enters his third season entrenched as the starter at right guard... Was the Packers’ only offensive lineman to start every game at one spot in 2009, and played all 1,093 snaps on offense, the only player on either side of the ball to not miss a snap with his unit... Known best for his run-blocking, was a key cog in Ryan Grant’s career-best 1,253-yard season, the sixth-best single-season rushing output in team history... Likely would have started at right guard as a rookie in 2008 if not for a preseason knee injury, which limited him to 11 games of duty primarily on extra points and field goals... Did start twice as a rookie, once at Tennessee in Week 9 when the line was forced to shuffle due to Chad Clifton’s illness, and again in the regular-season finale... Came to Green Bay as a fourth-round draft pick out of Central Florida, where he was part of a remarkable turnaround... Played for an 0-11 team as a true freshman and capped his career by helping lead the Golden Knights to their first conference championship in school history as a senior with a 7-1 record in conference (10-4 overall)... Played in 50 games with 43 starts during his collegiate career, joining classmate Keith Shologan as the only players in the program’s history to appear in 50 career games... Blocked for RB Kevin Smith, a third-round choice by Detroit, as he rushed for 2,567 yards in 2007, just 62 yards short of breaking Barry Sanders’ NCAA single-season rushing record (2,628) set in 1988... Named first-team All-Conference USA by the league’s coaches and media in 2007... Showed his versatility at UCF by starting at both guard spots and at right tackle during his career... Teammate of Packers S Atari Bigby for one season and Broncos WR Brandon Marshall for two seasons at UCF.

2009 : Started all 16 games at RG, the only Packers offensive lineman to open every game at one spot...Part of line that blocked for Grant’s career-high 1,253 rushing yards, his second straight 1,200-yard season, and member of an offense that ranked No. 6 in total yards...Won starting RG position in training camp... Vs. Detroit (Oct. 18): Helped block for Packers’ 435 yards of total offense. Part of line that protected QB Aaron Rodgers on his way to 358 passing yards, giving him back-to-back games with 350-plus yards for the first time in his career... At Cleveland (Oct. 25): Part of a line that did not allow a sack of Rodgers all afternoon and blocked for Grant’s season-high 148 yards on 27 carries (5.5 avg.). Team’s 202 yards on the ground was also a season best... At Tampa Bay (Nov. 8): Helped block for Packers’ 170 rushing yards on 32 carries (5.3 avg.), the team’s second-best yardage output on the season... Vs. Dallas (Nov. 15): Blocked for Grant’s 79 yards on 19 carries (4.2 avg.) and helped limit Pro Bowl NT Jay Ratliff to two tackles and no sacks... Vs. San Francisco (Nov. 22): Helped offense put up season-best 484 total yards, including 129 yards on 21 carries (6.1 avg.) from Grant. Part of line that did not allow any sacks of Rodgers in the first half as he threw for 274 yards in the opening half, his career high for any half in the regular season... At Chicago (Dec. 13): Helped clear the way for Grant’s 137 yards on 20 carries (6.9 avg.); that average was Grant’s career high for a game with at least 20 carries... Vs. Seattle (Dec. 27): Started and helped block for team’s 153 rushing yards and five TDs on 32 carries (4.8 avg.). It was the first time the Packers posted five rushing TDs in a game since Oct. 9, 1988, vs. New England. Also helped protect Rodgers as he was sacked only one time. Threw key block down the field on S Josh Wilson on screen pass in first quarter that RB Brandon Jackson took for a 13-yard TD, and got to the second level to block LB Leroy Hill on Grant’s 56-yard TD run in the second quarter... At Arizona (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Started and helped offense post team playoff-record 493 total yards, including franchise-best 423 yards passing from Rodgers.

2008: Played in 11 games with two starts... Inactive for first three games due to sprained knee sustained in preseason at Denver (Aug. 22)... Aside from his two starts, primarily saw time on PATs and FGs, along with some spot duty at RG... At Seattle (Oct. 12): Made NFL debut, seeing time on PATs and FGs... At Tennessee (Nov. 2): Started first career NFL game, opening at RG with the offensive line shuffling due to Clifton’s absence (illness)... Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30): Came in at RG late in the second quarter when C Scott Wells left with a concussion and Jason Spitz moved over to Wells’ spot. Helped block for Jackson’s season-high 80 yards on 11 carries... Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Started at RG with Spitz shifting over to LG and Daryn Colledge starting at RT. Blocked for team’s season-high 211 rushing yards, and helped pave the way for RBs Grant and DeShawn Wynn to each post 106 yards rushing, only the second time since 1985 that a Packers RB tandem each rushed for 100-plus yards in the same game... 2008 Draft: Selected by the Packers with their second fourth-round selection (135th overall, 22nd OL), a free agency compensatory pick. Became only the second draft pick from Central Florida in franchise history, joining WR Charles Lee, who was taken in the seventh round in 2000. Only the second OL from UCF ever drafted, joining C Mike Mabry, selected in the seventh round by Baltimore in 2003.

COLLEGE:

Played in 50 games with 43 starts, joining classmate Shologan as the only players in the program’s history to appear in 50 career games... Majored in criminal justice... Senior season (2007): Started all 14 games and named first-team All-Conference USA by the league’s coaches and media... Capped off career by helping to lead UCF to its first conference championship in school history... Helped the Knights’ offense set school records for points (501) and rushing yards (3,287) in a season... Blocked for Smith as he recorded the second-best rushing yardage total in NCAA history with 2,567 yards, trailing only Sanders’ 2,628 yards in 1988... Smith set a major college record with 450 rushing attempts, topping the mark of 405 carries by Marcus Allen at Southern California in 1981... Was part of a line that helped Smith post 100-yard games 13 times on the year, including six 200-plus yard games... Started games at RT and both G spots during the season... Junior season (2006): Started all 12 games at RT... Opened holes for Smith as he ranked third in the conference with 103.8 rushing yards per game and posted four 100-yard games on the season... Sophomore season (2005): Started all 13 games at RT and graded out as one of the top linemen on the team... Helped pave the way for Smith as he set a school rushing record for a freshman with 1,178 yards and nine TDs... Blocked for Smith’s five 100-yard rushing games... Freshman season (2004): Played in all 11 games with four starts at RG... Made collegiate debut in season opener at No. 21 Wisconsin (Sept. 4)... One of six linemen to letter on the offensive line.

PERSONAL:
Born Josh James Sitton in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Single... High school: Four-year letterwinner at Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic High and three-year starter... Earned second-team all-state and first-team all-area honors as an offensive lineman as a senior... Allowed just three sacks over two seasons as an offensive lineman... Added 50 tackles and six sacks as a defensive lineman as a senior... Also lettered twice in basketball... Community involvement: Played in the Donald Driver Celebrity Softball Game and was a celebrity guest at fundraising dinner for the Donald Driver Foundation... Helped coach participants at the Packers’ Women’s Association Football 101 event... Traveled to Montana to attend the ‘Doug Betters Whitefish Winter Classic,’ an annual event held by the former Miami Dolphins DE who today is a quadriplegic as the result of a 1998 skiing accident... In summer 2010, was a guest instructor at a football camp at Pensacola Catholic... Visited children’s hospitals and participated in Habitat for Humanity during college...

As Hobbies/interests: Enjoys hunting, fishing, watching movies and listening to music, naming country, rock and southern rock as his favorite genres... Also recently took up curling and racquetball... Attended his first Mardi Gras in the offseason and vacationed in the Florida Keys... Once worked as a telemarketer..

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