LA Times · Sep 23, 2018
Long snapper Johnny Den Bleyker has come through in the clutch
Long snappers usually prefer being shrouded in anonymity. It means they’re not making any massive blunders.
Johnny Den Bleyker could have been a headliner twice now in his UCLA career, for all the right reasons.
Last season, he fell on a fumble when Stanford botched a punt return. Earlier this month, he pounced on a fumble in the same situation against Fresno State.
At least he gave his mother, Cathy, a nice memory on her birthday. She had kidded him about making a play in her honor before the game against Fresno State on Sept. 15.
He went out and recovered the fumble that set up Bolu Olorunfunmi’s two-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.