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‘I Woke Up Feeling Like I Had To Play A Game:’ Maurkice Pouncey Talks ‘Strange’ Experience After Returning To Pittsburgh

Last weekend, the Pittsburgh Steelers held their annual Alumni Weekend with former players returning to Acrisure Stadium for a dinner on Saturday and a halftime ceremony on Sunday. It’s a great chance for players to reconnect with old teammates and relive their glory days stepping onto the field. For former center Maurkice Pouncey, now an entrepreneur, the experience was “strange,” as he detailed to Bo Marchionte of College2Pro.com.

“It’s definitely strange,” Pouncey told Marchionte of returning to Acrisure Stadium for the first time since his last game. “I woke up this morning feeling like I had to play a game.