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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WAVY) – Even if you attended every Old Dominion football game since the program restarted in 2009, you may have never noticed Rick Lovato.
As the Monarchs’ starting long snapper from 2011 to 2014, Lovato never showed up on the stat sheet and never made the highlight reels. But he never missed a game, and never missed a start- 50 consecutive.
On Sunday, he’ll be the first Monarch ever to start on sports’ biggest stage, the Super Bowl. “Ever since my freshman year, starting as a true freshman at Old Dominion, I never knew that it was going to take me to this point,” said Lovato, the starting long snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles.