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DavidLaGanga

  • position Long Snapper
  • height 6-0
  • Weight 206
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High school Xavierian
  • Previous School Lehigh

2025 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after three seasons at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Has played in 24 career games

2024 – Sophomore (Lehigh)
• Saw action in all 13 games, serving as the long snapper for all punts and placements
• Named Third Team Patriot League All-Conference by Phil Steele

2023 – r-Freshman (Lehigh)
• Appeared in 11 games as the long snapper
• Credited with two tackles
• Named First Team Patriot League All-Conference by Phil Steele
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2022 – Freshman (Lehigh)
• Redshirt season

High School
• A four-star prospect and nationally-ranked long snapper coming out of Xaverian High School
• Named All-Conference and was a 2021 New York Catholic High School Football League All-Star
• NYCHSFL Senior Bowl participant
• Excelled in the classroom as a four-year honor roll student, a member of the National Honor Society and winner of the Monsignor Peter’s Golden 11 Scholar-Athlete Award

Personal
• Born in Staten Island, New York
• Son of Esther LaGanga and David DiTommaso
• Siblings are Justine, Melissa and Patrice DiTommaso
• Father, David, was a defensive tackle at Pitt from 1985-87
• Major is pre-mechanical engineering

David Says
• Three words to describe him are loyal, tough and gritty
• He can speak three languages – English, Italian and Spanish
• He can play the guitar and the piano
• Hobbies include lifting weights, reading and gaming
• His “why” and “motivation” comes from his family because he wants to make them proud in everything he does

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