Video | UMass Long Snapper Jovani Borbon

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Talk about what's the process? When did you know you wanted to be a long snapper? What's the process of being able to do that?

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Yeah, yeah. I would say it's a crazy process when I'm explaining it to people other than people that know football. I started playing quarterback in high school. I was a four-year varsity quarterback. I went to junior college to play free safety. Played a little bit of free safety in 2020. That's COVID.

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And found out that wasn't going to work out. Not strong enough, not really big enough. Head coach, we didn't have a long snapper on the junior college team. My head coach comes up to me and can you snap? Kind of was like playing quarterback upside down. So he kind of clicked fast,

Video | UMass Long Snapper Jovani Borbon

Minuteman long snapper Jovani Borbon talks about his journey to Amherst and more.

Christian McCollum '04

Mar 30, 2025

AMHERST, Mass. - UMass long snapper Jovani Borbon talks about his journey from high school quarterback to junior college safety to junior college long snapper to SMU to McNeese State and to UMass.

Borbon offers his perspective on the game, his position and the new coaching staff at UMass.

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And found out that wasn't going to work out. Not strong enough, not really big enough. Head coach, we didn't have a long snapper on the junior college team. My head coach comes up to me and can you snap? Kind of was like playing quarterback upside down. So he kind of clicked fast,