After playing six years at the University of Indiana, Mike Katic decided to put his dreams from the NFL alongside.
After initially declared for the draft of the NFL last year, then returning for its last year of eligibility, the former center decided to join Barstool Sports as a personality and media analyst.
“I’m pumped. That’s what I think I was born to do,” said Katic on “The Yak” with Dan “Big Cat” Katz. “Football is great, but I think it’s my thing. So I’m super excited to settle here.”
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Mike Katic (56) of Indiana hois the old bucket Oaken after a match against Purdue at the Memorial Stadium on November 30, 2024. (Rich Janzaruk / Herald-Times / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Katic does not officially start to work before March 1, but he visited Jon Gruden, recently hired by the site, in the barstool offices. And they had about as much greeting as he was predicted to a superb champion coach and a six -year -old star from the University.
“Barstool has our new center and I already like it!” Gruden declared on X when publishing a video of their first interaction.
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Immediately after shaking hands, Gruden asked Katic to get into his position as a line player, and both shared another handshake and a hug.
“When [Gruden] Tells you to take a position, you enter a fucking position! “KATIC posed on X.
Katic seemed to refer to his days of play after the defeat of the playoffs of university football of the Hoosiers against Notre Dame when he posted on X: “Thank you to the University of Indiana. Thank you football.”
Indiana Ol Mike Katic (56) in a match against the Cardinals in Louisville on September 16, 2023, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (James Black / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Katic was probably a late selection if he had been taken at all. Pro Football Focus ranked Katic as the 10th best Power Four conference center.
Katic said he was hired quickly after Dave Portnoy saw him in “three media clips” after being connected by a member of the male basketball team from Hosiers.
Mike Katic (56) from the famous Indiana with the old oak bucket after a match against Purdue at the Memorial Stadium on November 30, 2024. (Rich Janzaruk / Herald-Times / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
The native of Pittsburgh will work at the Barstool Chicago office after playing in 50 games for the Hoosiers.
