Giovanni Pifferini

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
230
Position:
DL
Hometown:
Placerville, Calif.
High School:
El Dorado HS
Prev School:
Fesno City

2025 (Jr. – Montana): Came to Montana in time for winter conditioning with three years of eligibility to play two seasons… Played in 17 games at Fresno City, logging 45 tackles (26 solo), 11.5 TFLs, 5 sacks, and 1 PBU… Also plays long snapper.

2024 (So. – Fresno City):
• Preseason JC Gridiron All-American
Played in 9 games… Helped lead Fresno City to an 8-3 record and a trip to the 3C2A NCFC Semifinal… Posted 26 tackles (17 solo) with 2 sacks and 7 TFLs and a PBU… Won the Fresno City College President’s Award of Distinction… Also had interest from Sac State and Idaho State.

2023 (Fr. – Fresno City): Played in 8 games as a freshman… Posted 19 tackles with 3 sacks and 4.5 TFLs.

High School: Helped El Dorado win a conference championship as a junior… A three sport athlete, played football, basketball and golf… Was a football team captain… Played safety, linebacker and running back in high school… Received the National Football Foundation Sacramento Chapter’s Scholar Athlete Award… Two time all-metro honors recipient… Two time All-Sierra Valley Conference honoree… El Dorado Offensive MVP

Personal: Parents are Natalie and Rob Pifferini… Father Rob was the head football and S&C coach at El Dorado… Mother Natalie was a volleyball player at San Jose State.