Joe Panos (born Zois Panagiotopoulos[1][2] on January 24, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills. After Brookfield East High School, he played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a walk on and later became captain of the 1994 Rose Bowl team.[3]
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born: | January 24, 1971 Brookfield, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Brookfield East | ||||||||
| College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1994 / round: 3 / pick: 77 | ||||||||
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Career
editCollege
editPanos started his college career playing defensive tackle at Division III University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and quickly became a starter. He played in 32 consecutive games.[4]
Awards
edit- 1992 Second-team All-Big Ten
- 1993 1st team All-Big Ten
- 1993 2nd Team All-American.
- 1994 co-captain of the Rose Bowl championship team.[4]
Pro football
editPanos was selected by the Eagles with the 77th pick in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft.[5][3] He played in the NFL for 6 years. During his time with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills he played in 83 games and he started 56 games. He had 17 penalties over his NFL career.[6] He is now a sports agent with Athletes First, Panos represents former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and linebacker Clay Matthews, among other NFL players.[7]
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| YEAR | Age | TM | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Long | PD | FF | FMB | FR | Yds | TD |
| 1994 | 23 | PHI | G | 63 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 24 | PHI | RG | 72 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | 25 | PHI | LG | 72 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 26 | PHI | LG | 72 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1998 | 27 | BUF | RG | 72 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 29 | BUF | 72 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 83 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Personal life
editPanos was married to Michelle; together they have 3 kids. George is a scout for Houston, and Alex plays football at St. Thomas University in Minnesota. Their youngest child, Olivia is in college at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
References
edit- ^ Lucas, Mike (September 2, 2009). "UW Hall of Fame inductee Joe Panos a driving force behind Badgers' turnaround". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ Larimer, Terry (April 26, 1994). "Review On New Lurie Tunes Show Still Out". The Morning Call. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ a b Radcliffe, JR (April 24, 2018). "A compilation of Wisconsin high school players selected in the NFL draft". JSonline.com. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ a b BATOVSKY, J. "Walk-On U: Wisconsin Badgers' Top Walk-Ons Of The Past 20 Years". bleacherreport. Bleacher Report, Inc. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Joe Panos Zois Panos". pro-football-reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "50. Joe Panos". Lee Enterprises, Incorporated. State Journal Archives. July 18, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2019.