Cody Balogh

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Cody Balogh
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Position: Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 (age 38)
Fort Benning, Georgia
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:303 lb (137 kg)
Career information
High school: Steilacoom (WA)
College: Montana
Undrafted: 2008
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:—
Games started:—
Fumble recoveries:—

Cody Balogh (born February 14, 1986) is a former American football offensive lineman. He was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Montana.

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Early years

Cody was first-team all-conference at Steilacoom High School, in Steilacoom, Washington, on both offense and defense in both his junior and senior years, respectively. He was named a first-team all-state by the Tacoma News Tribune and participated in the Washington All-Star Game as a senior. He also was a two-year starter in basketball and played on a team that was ranked No. 2 in the state his senior year. [1]

College career

Cody attended the University of Montana, where he was a four-year letterwinner (2004–07). He started the final 41 games of his college career. He was an honorable mention all-Big Sky as a senior, starting all 12 games, 11 while playing at left tackle, and 1 while playing at left guard. He served as the Grizzlies captain as Montana went 11–0 and won the Big Sky title. He was also selected as the Paul Weskamp Award winner, which is given annually to Montana's Outstanding Offensive Lineman. He was named a third-team All-American by The Sports Network as a junior, and started all 14 games at left tackle and was a first-team all-Big Sky selection. He also helped lead the Grizzlies to a 10–1 regular season record (only losing an away game to the Iowa Hawkeyes), a Big Sky Championship, and an appearance in the National Semifinals. As a sophomore, Balogh started all 12 games helping the Grizzlies to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, but the Grizzlies fell in the first round. Balogh started the final 3 games of his freshman season, including the quarterfinal, semifinal and Division I-AA Championship Game which Montana lost, 31–21, to James Madison. [2]

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Balogh was undrafted in the 2008 NFL draft. In May 2008, Balogh tried out for the Chicago Bears in their annual rookie minicamp following the draft. [3] After the rookie minicamp, Balogh was signed as an undrafted free agent. [4] His arrival on the scene was considered a "nice surprise" by the Chicago Sun-Times . [5]

After spending his rookie season on the practice squad, Balogh was re-signed to a future contract on December 29, 2008. Cody was waived on the September 5 cutdown to the 53 man regular season roster.

Personal

Cody is the son of Steven and Patricia Balogh. In college, he majored in health and human performance. [6]

He receives frequent shout-outs on PA Exam Prep Review Podcast (See Headaches).

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References

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  2. ↑ Montana Grizzlies Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine Official Athletic Site
  3. ↑ Chicago Bears Newsroom Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine "Bears agree to terms with 10 undrafted free agents" Larry Mayer, April 28, 2008
  4. ↑ National Football League Cody Balough
  5. ↑ Chicago Sun Times Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine "Inside the Bears", Brad Biggs, August 25, 2008
  6. ↑ The Missoulian "Meet: Cody Balogh: UM's Balogh adjusts to Saturdays off"
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