Redshirt Freshman Safety Jon Bocchino Brings Special-Teams Juice and Versatility to Troy
Bocchino enters at Troy as a 6-foot, 195-pound safety with a redshirt year already in the books, and his early college value has come mostly on special teams: he played in six games in 2025, with four counting toward eligibility, logged 55 special-teams snaps, and saw a defensive snap in the bowl game.[3] His profile is built on range and physicality—he was a productive, multi-sport high school defender with 69 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, four sacks, and six pass breakups as a junior, plus track-and-field speed and even long-snapping value, which hints at a coachable, high-ceiling depth piece rather than a finished product.[3][8]
