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NFL Draft 2013: Giants pick Justin Pugh grew into football out of hockey



A draft party at home, with your friends and family, seems infinitely better than the green room. (Just ask Geno Smith.)

Justin Pugh 's cell reception was just fine back at home in Pennsylvania. Shortly after 10 p.m. ET on Thursday night, the offensive tackle out of Syracuse received the call that he had been drafted by the Giants with the 19th overall selection

Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—He went from a kid once called “Pugh-ney,” who despite his massive, 6-foot-4, 310-pound frame, carries a cherub's babyface. Because of this, Justin Pugh opted to grow a beard. Now he looks like a great bearded giant cherub.

Pugh drew rave responses from his head coach, Doug Marrone, a former Syracuse offensive lineman himself, when the Orange leader was asked who he thought was the best offensive lineman in the Big East Conference. This is nothing new in the life of one

A draft party at home, with your friends and family, seems infinitely better than the green room. (Just ask Geno Smith.)