College Career
Gurode attended the University of Colorado, where he played for the Colorado Buffaloes football team from 1998 to 2001. He was a four-year starter for the Buffaloes, playing both center and guard on the offensive line. He started his first two and a half seasons at center for Colorado, before moving to guard in the middle of his junior year. As a junior in 2000, Gurode earned the John Mack Award, as selected by the coaches for being CU's most outstanding offensive player and was also selected honorable mention All-Big 12 honors while helping the Buffaloes to a 7-5 record and a win over Boston College in the Insight.com Bowl, while starting the first six games of the year at center and the final five games at guard. As a senior, he started every game at right guard.
Gurode was a first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2000 and 2001, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a senior in 2001. During his career he allowed just 7.5 sacks in 2,653 plays as a starter for the Buffaloes at guard and center.
He earned a degree in ethnic studies at Colorado, where he was a member of the school's "Academic Starters" team.
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