Joseph Gigantino III

Height:
6-2
Weight:
220
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
San Jose, CA
High School:
Bellarmine Prep

2013 -- Played in four games as a redshirtfreshman, backing up the middle linebackers ... earned one solotackle against San Diego and it was for a loss of two yards ...expected to back up the middle linebackers again this fall ... didnot play in 2014 Spring Game due to injury.

2012 -- Redshirt ... no tackles in 2013 SpringGame.

High School -- Gigantino earned first-teamAll-West Catholic Athletic League honors three times and was namedthe league’s most valuable linebacker as a senior, leadingthe Bells under head coach Mike Janda to a 12-2 record, WCAL title,CIF-Central Coast Section Open Division championship and a berth inthe state Division I title game, won by Santa Margarita 42-37 atthe Home Depot Center in Carson ... caught eight passes as a tightend, scoring one touchdown against San Leandro, and notched 91tackles and 12 sacks as a linebacker, recording two sacks in statetitle game ... earned first-team All-Central Coast Section honorsas selected by the San Jose Mercury News and also was chosen thesection’s defensive player of the year and team defensive MVP... also landed on Cal-Hi Sports’ all-state second team, theSan Francisco Chronicle’s All-Metro Team and the All-NorCalfirst team as selected by NorCalPreps.com ... named to MaxPreps’ All-State Division I first team as a linebacker andESPN’s Cal-High all-state second team ... also earned varsityletters as a junior and sophomore ... Bellarmine Prep was 9-3 in2010, finishing second in the WCAL and reaching the semifinals ofthe CIF-Central Coast Section Open Division playoffs ... named teamMVP, first-team All-WCAL and All-CIF-Central Coast Section secondteam as a junior ... Bells were 11-2-1 in 2009, shared first placewith Archbishop Mitty in the WCAL, won another CIF-Central CoastSection Open Division title and was state Division I runnerup,losing to Oceanside 24-19 ... intercepted two passes and forcedfour fumbles in sophomore season en route to the first of his threefirst-team All-WCAL honors.

Personal -- Son of Joseph and ChristineGigantino ... both parents are Fresno State graduates ... fatherwas an inside linebacker for the Bulldogs ... enjoys making musicand playing ping pong ... two sisters, Emily and Ava ... bornJanuary 15, 1994, in San Jose, Calif. ... majors in communicationstudies.