New Raiders Long Snapper Travis Tripucka Brings a Familiar Name Back to the NFL

September 12, 2012   ·   RC Cos   ·   Jump to comments

If the name Travis Tripucka sounds vaguely familiar to NFL football fans, it should.
Tripuka is the son of former NBA all-star Kelly Tripucka and grandson of former AFL all-star quarterback Frank Tripuka.
This afternoon Tripucka tweeted that he will be trying to make a name of his own as the contingency plan for the Oakland Raiders if long snapper Jon Condo is out this week.
Just a few months ago, Tripucka was spending an afternoon teaching the art of long-snapping to the Queen of Peace high school football team as a favor to head coach Steve Romano. As Tripucka spent that afternoon in southern Bergen County, he couldn't possibly conceive that an entire fanbase would be breathing a sigh of relief that he'd be signed to their squad.
But that's just what has happened after Raiders fans watched Travis Goethel's very public meltdown against the Chargers on Monday Night Football while filling in for injured long snapper Jon Condo.
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