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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1978-02-13)February 13, 1978 (age 47) East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | East Stroudsburg South | ||||||||||||
| College: | Syracuse | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2002 | ||||||||||||
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James Olevia Mungro II (born February 13, 1978) is an American former professionalfootball player who was arunning back for theIndianapolis Colts of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theSyracuse Orange. Mungro spent his entire NFL career with the Colts, with whom he wonSuper Bowl XLI. He retired from football due to a severe ACL injury he received in a pre-season game in 2006.
Mungro attendedEast Stroudsburg South High School inEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.[1] He was Parade and Street and Smith's All-America grid performer. He was alsoPennsylvania Player-of-the-Year as ajunior and all-state selection in his final two seasons. He rushed for 2,541 yards and 34 touchdowns assenior. He set thePennsylvania state record after rushing for 8,432 yards and totaling 9,513 all-purpose yards during his career. Overall, he set 48 team records during his high school career and was three-time teamMVP. He now resides in Camillus, NY with his wife Jessica.
Mungro was a four-yearletterman who totaled 529–2, 869, 29touchdowns rushing for theSyracuse UniversityOrangemen. He had his best year as a senior with 1,170, 14 touchdowns rushing. His yardage total ranked as third-best seasonal performance in school history. NamedInsight.com Bowl Offensive Player of the Game after rushing for 19–112 in a win overKansas State. He was 115–797, 7 touchdowns as junior in 10 games. His seasonal 6.9 rushing average ranked him third-best in school history. Mungro started one of twelve games as asophomore with 116–537, 5 touchdowns rushing. He was namedMusic City Bowl MVP after rushing 12–162, 2 touchdowns against theUniversity of Kentucky, including a career-long 86-yard touchdown burst. He played in eight games as afreshman and was 50-365, 3 touchdowns rushing. Mungro graduated with a major inphysical education.
Undrafted, Mungro was signed by theDetroit Lions in 2002 but was cut at the end of training camp that year. TheIndianapolis Colts signed him immediately, and he became a backup toEdgerrin James. He rushed for eight touchdowns filling in for James that year, who was oft-injured. He had 114 yards in his first start.
In 2003, Mungro was a back-uorunning back in seven outings for Colts before spending his final four games on injured reserve with a toe injury. His three touchdown rushes against theTampa Bay Buccaneers helped the club erase a 35–14 deficit with four minutes remaining in an eventual 38–35 overtime win.
In 2004, he caught two ofPeyton Manning's record-breaking 49 touchdown passes in a season, including the record-tying 48th touchdown pass against the San Diego Chargers.
On the Colts official website,Tony Dungy quoted "He did a lot for us, he was our third back and a very good runner. He was a guy who could go in and play tailback and win games for us. He was our fullback in short-yardage and goal-line situations and he was a very good special teams player."[2] This was quoted after James Mungro tore hisACL.
In 2006, he won a super bowl ring after winningSuper Bowl XLI with the Colts.
Mungro was not re-signed by the Colts and was not on the roster for any part of the 2007–08 season.
According to Colts GMBill Polian during an interview live on the NFL Network during the 6th Round of the2008 NFL draft, Mungro had retired from the NFL due to his injury.