It’s not exactly glamorous to run out on the field for a few snaps per game and toss a football through your legs to a waiting kicker. Long snapper is often a forgotten position, when it’s played correctly at least. The goal is to go unnoticed, and if you’re getting noticed, you’re doing something wrong.
DioGuardi, like most adolescent boys, wanted to play quarterback. He did for a time. By his sophomore year of high school — after a few timely growth spurts — DioGuardi started at tight end.
With the incumbent long snapper about to graduate, Windermere Prep coach Jacob Doss set about finding a replacement.