ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ landed its second long snapper this week, after Jackson State transfer Avery Salerno committed to the Wildcats.
Salerno announced his commitment to ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ on his social media pages Wednesday afternoon.
The 6-foot, 200-pound Salerno, a Clemmons, North Carolina, native, played the last two seasons at Jackson State in the post-Deion Sanders era.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ landed its second long snapper this offseason after Jackson State transfer Avery Salerno committed to the Wildcats.
Salerno joins Broden Molen, a Great Falls, Montana, native, as long snappers at ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ for the 2025 season. The 6-foot, 215-pound Molen played in the Navy All-American Bowl in January. Salerno and Molen replace ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ native Trey Naughton, who medically retired after the spring. ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s new long-snapping tandem will succeed graduate transfer Justin Holloway, who played one season at the UA after beginning his career at Ohio.
Salerno and Molen join a specialists group — or, as special teams coordinator Craig Naivar calls it, “teams†— that includes sophomore kicker and punter Michael Salgado-Medina, Illinois State kicker and punter transfer Ian Wagner and walk-on punter Jordan Forbes.
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