Giovanni Pifferini

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

2026 (R-Jr. – Montana): Will look to find the field after recovering from injury.

2025 (Jr. – Montana): Was injured and did not see action… Utilized his redshirt season… 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 HS… Mother Natalie was a volleyball player at San Jose State… Uncle Bob Pirrerini Jr. was a star linebacker at UCLA and spent four seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and one with the Los Angeles Rams in the mid to late 70’s… His grandfather, Bob Pifferini Sr., played center in the NFL for the Detroit Lions in 1949 and is in the San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame.