Long Snapper Rocco Underwood

New Head Coach in Charge of Tackling

 

I love the fire in Rocco. All effort, all the time. Wish we could bottle his passion and pass it around.

 

I like Rocco. The next head coach will really like his infectious attitude, energy and motor.

 

Pryburn is another high motor player

 

Plays like he knows that college is as far as it goes. Cousin of the Townsend brothers.

 

What is crazy is he could have gone D1 as a TE. Just an all around football player. He was an animal at Lake Mary High.

 

You can get on an nfl squad as a long snapper. It sure helps if you can do something else too, but specialists can make a roster with the right squad. He is pretty good.

 

Sure can. But it's a long shot.
According to the roster, he only weighs 228 which is light for an NFL long snapper they avg 250.

 

Who was the long snapper we had some years ago who often made tackles?

 

Shoutout to @apkgator who had to talk sense into me years ago when we first offered em a fully scholly and i was b1tching about it in the recruiting forum

He’ll tell you how mad i was but he stuck to his guns that this is a good pickup and i would see in a few years and here we are lol

 

Was pretty confident he would give us a solid performance for 3-4 years....I know it's not a glamorous position but it sure can kill you if you don't have that guy

 

Maybe Rocco's the guy we need to coach the coaches. There ought to be a trophy for the best long snapper in the nation if there isn't already.

 

Kick offs and punts are great fun. Only time you get a full run at someone.

 

you weren’t stoked to get a 6 star long snapper? I remember all he jokes about it at the time. lol

 

Was thinking about that myself. Was it James smith?

 

I remember, and I was pleased we landed him. Much happier now.

 

Saw enough of Underwood in high school to know he is a very legit football player.... had great hands on offense. I thought we might even get some TE work

 

Are you thinking of our kickoff specialist Matt Piotrowicz from 2001-2004? Used to lead the team in special team tackles. Loved to see him punish returners.