A former Boulder Creek High School student is now a national football champion.
Ohio State Buckeyes long snapper John Ferlmann attended Boulder Creek High School and played defensive end for the Jaguars before he graduated in 2021.
Originally from California, Ferlmann told Valley Vibe in a phone interview he began playing football in grade school and his dream was to play at the college level, following in the footsteps of both of his parents who were college athletes.
BCHS alumnus John Ferlmann is the long snapper for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
His college career kicked off when he played as a walk-on his sophomore year at Arizona State where he handled all the snapping responsibilities for the Sun Devils in 2022, before he entered the transfer pool and landed at Ohio State in spring 2023.
As a Buckeye, he has handled the team’s snapping responsibilities—punts and placements, and is soaking in the accomplishments of this past season, along with his teammates, reigning as champions.
“It felt like everything I worked for paid off… We were in a bad place after the Michigan loss, everyone wrote us off but we played angrier and came together in the end,” Ferlmann told
Valley Vibe.
Ferlmann is a senior academically, but still has another year of eligibility and is already looking forward to next season.
By Valley Vibe Staff Writers
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