Rocco Underwood

BIRDSEED

Comes from a family with a heavy football background ... His father, David, played Guard for Central Florida and earned All-American honors ... His cousin, Johnny Townsend, is Florida's all-time leading punter in school history with 11,090 yards and was a 5th-round selection in the 2018 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders ... His cousin, Tommy Townsend, currently punts for the Tennessee Titans and has earned Pro Bowl and PFWA All-Rookie honors

Played LS and TE at Lake Mary (FL) High School, earning first-team All- State honors ... Concluded his high school career as the No. 1 LS in the nation according to Rubio Long Snapping while also receiving offers to play TE in college

Is a four-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection (2022-25) and was selected to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society in 2026

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

Spent five seasons at the University of Florida (2021-25), playing in 50 games as the primary long snapper ... Snapped for punter Jeremy Crawshaw, who was selected in the 2025 NFL Draft and kicker Trey Smack, who was chosen in the 2026 NFL Draft

During the 2025 campaign, played in 12 games, snapping for Trey Smack and Tommy Doman ... Smack earned third-team All-SEC honors and was a three-time SEC Special Teams Player of the Week selection, while Doman was voted to the Pro Football Focus All-SEC team

In 2024, snapped in 12 games for the Gators and earned the Mannelly Award, which is given to the nation's best long snapper ... Became only the second SEC long snapper to win the honor since the awards inception ... Also aided Jeremy Crawshaw in being a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award (nation's best punter)