Jack Coco (born October 9, 1998) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

long snapper In American football, the long snapper (or deep snapper) is a center on special teams whose duty is to snap the football over a longer distance, typically around 15 yards during punts, and 7–8 yards during field goals and extra point attempt ...

for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

Early life and high school

Coco grew up in

Johns Creek, Georgia Johns Creek is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 82,453. The city is a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. History In the early 19th century, the Johns Creek area was dotted with t ...

and attended

Johns Creek High School Johns Creek High School is a public high school in Johns Creek, Georgia, Johns Creek, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, serving grades 9–12. The school is a part of the Fulton County School System. Its students primarily reside ins ...

College career

Coco joined the

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), located in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Rambl ...

as a

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and

redshirted Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility. Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the ...

his true freshman season. He was a reserve offensive lineman as a redshirt freshman and sophomore in addition to serving Georgia Tech's long snapper for the field goal unit. Coco was moved tight end going into his redshirt junior season and lost 30 pounds in the process. He continued to long snap on field goal attempts and also caught four passes for 22 yards in 2020. Coco was awarded a scholarship entering his final season at Georgia Tech. He played solely at tight end as a redshirt senior and had one reception for four yards.

Professional career

Coco signed with the

as an

undrafted free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

on May 17, 2022, after participating in a rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. He won the Packers' long snapper job over incumbent

Steven Wirtel Steven Wirtel (born October 3, 1997) is an American football long snapper who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Iowa State, and originally signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He has also played ...

after Wirtel was released on August 10, 2022.

References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bioGreen Bay Packers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coco, Jack 1998 births Living people American football long snappers Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Green Bay Packers players Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)