2022 PFN Player Profile: John Sabo Jr. – Slippery Rock

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Billy Splain | July 25, 2022

John Sabo Jr.
Slippery Rock
Class Of 2023
WR/S
Jersey #2
HT/WT 6’2 180
35 rec, 597 yds, 17.1 avg, 9 td, 66.3 avg/G
Other sports basketball, track
all district 1st team, all region first team, all butler county sweet 16 junior year
Twitter @John_sabo_2

Why do you play football?
Love everything about it. The atmosphere, the energy, I also couldn’t ask for a better team.

Who is your favorite sports star and why?
Kobe Bryant because he never gave up and had the best mentality.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:
80 yard touchdown catch, farthest touchdown i’ve ever had.

What are your goals for this coming season?
First comes first win d10, and make some noise in state playoffs. Individually 1,000 yds and 15 touchdowns.

What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?
Tiger stadium to watch LSU, or Penn State whiteout game.

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?
Steelers

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game and why?
Slippery Rock vs. Hickory in the playoffs last year.

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?
Invincible, it shows anyone can do it.

What cartoon character do you think your head coach most resembles.
Tasmanian Devil from looney tunes

If your mom and dad are screaming at you from the stands, what is it they usually yell?
Let’s go sabo

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?
Throw a touchdown pass

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?
My dad, always been a hard worker and a leader.

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:
Hockey

What is your most embarrassing sports moment?
Missing a wide open layup.

Is there anyone in your family, besides your parents, you could consider your biggest fan? Who, Why?
My quarterback, I always make him look good.

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?
Bow fishing

What is your favorite football memory to date?
Beating Hickory in the playoffs

What is your favorite play to run?
FADE

What scares you the most?
Not having a full senior season

Music of choice:
Rap

What was your favorite gift as a little boy? Why?
A football

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?
My house, Dad hooks it up

Which one? Sheetz or Wawa
Sheetz

What is your favorite vacation destination?
Outer banks

Do you remember what the first football game you saw was?
Steelers 2009 super bowl game

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