Old Dominion Football in the Pros

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This coming Sunday will be the first time that an Old Dominion football player will see action in an NFL game.

We had several players in NFL camps that eventually got cut.
Ronnie Cameron (DT), who played his first two college years at Hofstra before the implosion, suited up with the Browns in 2013 but never saw action.
DJ Morrell (OL) was on the practice squad for the Bills the entire 2014 season but was never activated.
Taylor Heinicke (QB) is currently on the Vikings' 53 man roster but is the 3rd string QB and has yet to see action.
Larry Pinkard (WR) is currently on the Raiders practice squad.

But the first player to see action won't be any of them. He was cut on the final day of the Bears camp in August and just picked up by the Packers to fill a spot of an injured player and will be immediately pressed into action.

Rick Lovato, a native of the Jersey Shore , and former ODU FCS All-American, will be the Packers' Long Snapper this week vs. Arizona.

[tribe_pride]

Don't mock the long snapper. Those guys don't get the recognition but are put down hard when they make mistakes. W&M alum Mike Leach is currently the long snapper for the Cardinals. He was undrafted and signed by the Titans in 2000 and played 19 games for them over 2 years. Was then signed during the 2002 season by the Broncos and long snapped every game from when he was signed through the 2008 season and has been the Cardinals long snapper since 2009.

That is 16 years. Never made a ton for an NFL player but for the past 5 years, he has made over $1 Million per year and has made almost $12 million as a long snapper over his 16 year career.

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Not mocking it. Just find it funny that I will be focusing on a position that is noticed, by fans, through failure rather than success. But he was an FCS recruit and worked his way to the NFL.

[Rob Iola]

Congrats! I cannot think of a single Delaware player who ever made it to the NFL as a long snapper (unless Gino G. handled that chore at some point)...

[dbackjon]

Don't mock the long snapper. Those guys don't get the recognition but are put down hard when they make mistakes. W&M alum Mike Leach is currently the long snapper for the Cardinals. He was undrafted and signed by the Titans in 2000 and played 19 games for them over 2 years. Was then signed during the 2002 season by the Broncos and long snapped every game from when he was signed through the 2008 season and has been the Cardinals long snapper since 2009.

That is 16 years. Never made a ton for an NFL player but for the past 5 years, he has made over $1 Million per year and has made almost $12 million as a long snapper over his 16 year career.

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A good long snapper is a treasure - Leach has been very consistent (of course watch me jinx him now). The best long snappers you never hear about, because they don't make mistakes.

[dbackjon]

And just like you, makes Sammies!!

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Rick Lovato can tell you everything that belongs on a No. 15 at Joyce’s Subs and Pizza in Lincroft, New Jersey.

“That’s our Italian sub,” Lovato said. “Five bucks at most for a half-sub.”

A week ago, Lovato was putting together boiled ham, genoa salami, capicola and provolone for customers at the shop owned by his father and uncle.

[93henfan]

There was a Romanian chick at the club last weekend with a long snapper. She could do some pretty neat tricks with it.

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There was a Romanian chick at the club last weekend with a long snapper. She could do some pretty neat tricks with it.

When in Romania, do as....

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And just like you, makes Sammies!!

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Rick Lovato can tell you everything that belongs on a No. 15 at Joyce’s Subs and Pizza in Lincroft, New Jersey.

“That’s our Italian sub,” Lovato said. “Five bucks at most for a half-sub.”

A week ago, Lovato was putting together boiled ham, genoa salami, capicola and provolone for customers at the shop owned by his father and uncle.

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The specialty at Joyce's, according to manager Dave Desbiens, is the pork roll sandwich. He said it was voted one of the best in Monmouth County.

In fact, Lovato's special teams coach at Old Dominion even mentioned it during an interview.

"I'd stop at Joyce's every time I'm up there recruiting and get a pork roll sandwich -- double bacon, double egg," said Michael Zyskowski, Old Dominion's special teams coordinator.