Bruce Kozerski

American football player (born 1962)

American football player

Bruce Kozerski

No. 64

Position:

Center

Personal information

Born:

(1962-04-02) April 2, 1962 (age 62)
Plains, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

287 lb (130 kg)

Career information

College:

Holy Cross

NFL draft:

1984 / Round: 9 / Pick: 231

Career history

Cincinnati Bengals (1984–1995)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	172
Games started:	138

Bruce Kozerski (born April 2, 1962) is a former American football center who played twelve seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.^[1] He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA with a major in Physics and later acquired a Master's in teaching from Xavier University. He was an alternate in the 1988, 1989, and 1990 Pro Bowls. "Mr. Versatile", as he was called, retired after the 1995 season. He is a teacher at Holy Cross High School in Covington, Kentucky where he teaches physics, pre-calculus, and calculus. He is also the head football coach at Holy Cross as well. He lives in Edgewood, Kentucky.

On November 25, 2011, Kozerski, in his eighth year as head coach, led Holy Cross High School's Covington football team to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Division 2A, state football championship. It was the Indians' first appearance in the state championship game. Holy Cross defeated Glasgow High School 33-14 in the championship game.

Kozerski was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.