Jonathan Condo (born August 26, 1981) is an American former professional football long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2005.
 Condo with the Raiders in December 2009 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Long snapper | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 26, 1981 Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Philipsburg-Osceola | ||||||||
| College: | Maryland | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||
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Early life
editCondo attended Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School. As a junior, he rushed for 1,008 yards and nine touchdowns, averaged 17 tackles per game and received All-conference honors as a running back, linebacker and punter. As a senior, he rushed for nearly 1,000 yards, had more than 100 tackles, 13 sacks and 3 interceptions. He set school career records for rushing yards (2,700) and tackles (374). He received first-team All-state honors at linebacker and All-Big 8 Conference honors at running back, linebacker and punter. He participated in the Big 33 Football Classic.
He was also an All-State selection in baseball as a catcher on the P-O baseball squad. As a senior, he was a state champion wrestler, winning the PIAA 275 lb championship in the AAA classification, finishing the year with only one blemish on his record.
College career
editCondo attended the University of Maryland, where he played for the Maryland Terrapins football team. He became the team's long snapper as a sophomore and also served as a backup defensive end.
He was the starter at long snapper for 38 straight games. As a senior, he appeared in all 13 games and received the team award for "Top Special Teams Performer", becoming the first pure long snapper to earn the honor in school history.
Professional career
editDallas Cowboys
editCondo was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after 2005 NFL draft on April 29. He made the team as the long snapper over Jeff Robinson.[1] Although he played in the first three games of the season, his struggles forced the team to waive him on September 28.[2] He was replaced with L. P. Ladouceur.[3]
New England Patriots
editOn January 17, 2006, he was signed to a futures contract by the New England Patriots. He was released on August 21.
Oakland Raiders
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On November 29, 2006, he was signed by the Oakland Raiders to their practice squad and would become the team's long snapper the next year.
Condo was an exclusive rights free agent in 2008, but the Raiders re-signed him. On October 19, in a game against the New York Jets, the Raiders were forced to punt on a 3 and out. Condo directly snapped the ball to outside linebacker Jon Alston, who ran it for 22 yards on a fake punt play. He was added to the Pro Bowl for 2010 after kicker Sebastian Janikowski made 33 field goals and punter Shane Lechler posted a 47.0 average.
On July 27, 2011, the Oakland Raiders re-signed Condo to a three-year deal. He was again selected to play in the 2012 Pro Bowl. He joined teammates punter Shane Lechler, kicker Sebastian Janikowski, and defensive lineman Richard Seymour.
On September 10, 2012, Condo left a game against the San Diego Chargers with a concussion. In his absence, the backup long snapper, Travis Goethel, botched two snaps and had another punt blocked.[4] The Raiders went on to lose the game 22–14, and much of the blame was put on the special teams' miscues.
On August 4, 2013, Condo signed a three-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders.[5] On December 16, 2015, he was placed on the injured reserve list with a shoulder injury and was replaced with Thomas Gafford.[6]
On March 20, 2017, he was re-signed by the Raiders.[7] On March 14, 2018, Condo was not re-signed by the Raiders, and became a free agent.[8]
Atlanta Falcons
editOn December 4, 2018, Condo was signed by the Atlanta Falcons to replace and injured Josh Harris.[9] He appeared in the final four games and wasn't re-signed at the end of the season.
San Francisco 49ers
editOn September 17, 2019, Condo was signed by the San Francisco 49ers to replace a struggling Colin Holba.[10] He announced his retirement on September 23, after one game played with the team, and was placed on the reserve/retired list.[11] He was replaced with Garrison Sanborn.
References
edit- ^ "Parcells letting Payton call plays, Bledsoe more Bill-like". ESPN. September 8, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Chad Johnson has more dances planned". ESPN. September 28, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "L.P. Ladouceur's 203-game journey to Dallas started with Bay Area van ride". ESPN. December 14, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Jacoby Ford to have foot surgery". ESPN. September 11, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ McDonald, Jerry (August 4, 2013). "Oakland Raiders sign long-snapper Jon Condo to extension". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ Williamson, Bill (December 15, 2017). "Raiders place long snapper Jon Condo on IR, sign Thomas Gafford". ESPN. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Alper, Josh (March 20, 2017). "Oakland Raiders re-sign long-snapper Jon Condo". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Raiders won't bring long snapper Jon Condo back in 2018". Raiders.com. March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Tabeek, Matthew (December 4, 2018). "Falcons place Josh Harris on injured reserve, promote Justin Zimmer to active roster". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "49ers Announce Roster Moves". 49ers.com. September 17, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Alper, Josh (September 23, 2019). "49ers put LS Jon Condo on reserve/retired list after one game with team". NBCSports.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
External links
edit- Maryland Terrapins bio
Media related to Jon Condo at Wikimedia Commons
