Pronunciation
DAR-ee-o
Longhetto's Cal Career Game Highs
Field Goals Made: 4 (vs. Colorado, 2021)
Field Goals Attempted: 4 (twice, last at Colorado, 2022)
Field Goal Percentage (with most field goals made if tie): 100.0, 4-4 (vs. Colorado, 2021)
Long Field Goal Made: 54 (vs. Stanford, 2022)
Long Field Goal Attempted: 55 (at Washington, 2021)
PATs Made: 7 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
PATs Attempted: 7 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
PAT Percentage (with most PATs made if tie): 100.0, 7-7 (vs. Arizona, 2022)
Punts: 4 (three times, last vs. Arizona State, 2019)
Punting Yards: 163 (vs. Arizona State, 2019)
Punting Average: 46.7 (vs. UC Davis, 2019)
Long Punt: 54 (vs. UC Davis, 2019)
Opponents’ Fair Catches: 2 (at Ole Miss, 2019)
Inside 20-Yard Line Punts: 2 (at Ole Miss, 2019)
50+ Yard Punts: 1 (three times, last at Ole Miss, 2019)
Tackles: 1 (four times, last at Stanford, 2021)
Kickoffs: 8 (at Stanford, 2021)
Kickoff Yards: 428 (at Stanford, 2021)
Kickoff Average: 65.0 (many times, last vs. UNLV, 2022)
Long Kickoff: 65 (many times, last at Notre Dame, 2022)
Onside Kickoffs: 1 (vs. Oregon, 2020)
Touchbacks: 4 (three times, last vs. UNLV, 2022)
Points: 14 (vs. Colorado, 2021)
Tackles: 1 (four times, last at Stanford, 2021)
Cal Career (2018-22)
– Played in 34 games all off the bench over five seasons from 2018-22, seeing action primarily as a placekicker but also kicking off on a part-time basis and getting into games as a punter (all as a 2019 sophomore)
– Scored 149 points (26-37 FG, 71-73 PAT)
– Kicked off 76 times for 4605 yards (60.6 avg) with 32 touchbacks
– Punted on 18 occasions for 736 yards (40.9 avg) all as a 2019 freshman and forced opponents into three fair catches, while trapping them inside their 20-yard line on four occasions and hitting three punts of 50 yards or longer
– Had four career tackles
– Entered the transfer portal following the 2022 season
Junior (2022)
– A nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy that goes annually to the nation's top FBS player that began his collegiate career as a walk-on
– Played in a career-high all 12 games off the bench
– Made 11-of-17 field goals with one of his misses blocked and 31-of-32 extra points (career-high-tying field goals and extra points) with his lone miss also blocked, while ranking second on the team in scoring with 64 points
– Made each of his first four field goals to extend his streak of consecutive made field goals to a career-high seven dating back to his final three attempts of 2021 before missing on his third and final attempt against UNLV
– Averaged a career-high 63.5 yards per kickoff with 826 yards and eight touchbacks on 13 kickoffs
– Selected to the National Football Foundation's New Hampshire Honor Society as one of Cal's FBS-leading 18 selections
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UC Davis (W, 34-13) – 2-2 FG (32 good, 41 good); 4-4 PAT; 10 points; 5 kickoffs, 325 yards, 2 touchbacks
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UNLV (W, 20-14) – 2-3 FG (21 good, 30 good, 43 missed); 2-2 PAT; 8 points; 4 kickoffs, 260 yards, 4 touchbacks ... career-high-tying touchbacks
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at Notre Dame (L, 17-24) – 1-2 FG (45 missed, 34 good); 2-2 PAT; 5 points; 4 kickoffs, 241 yards, 2 touchbacks
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Arizona (W, 49-31) – 7-7 PAT; 7 points ... career-high extra-point conversions and attempts
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at Washington State (L, 9-28) – 1-1 FG (42 good); 3 points
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at Colorado (L, 13-20, OT) – 2-4 FG (54 miss, 48 miss, 27 good, 34 good); 1-1 PAT; 7 points
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Washington (L, 21-28) – 3-3 PAT; 3 points
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Oregon (L, 24-42) – 1-2 FG (28 good, 39 blocked); 3-3 PAT; 6 points
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at USC (L, 35-41) – 3-4 PAT (good, good, good, blocked); 3 points
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at Oregon State (L, 10-38) – 0-1 FG (48 miss); 1-1 PAT; 1 point ... did not take the second of the team's two field goal attempts
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Stanford (W, 27-20) – 2-2 FG (54 good, 38 good); 1-1 PAT; 7 points ... career-long field goal ... second-longest field goal in Big Game history ... tied for third-longest field goal in Cal history
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UCLA (L, 28-35) – 4-4 PAT; 4 points
– Selected preseason honorable mention All-Pac-12 by the league's coaches
– A member of Athlon's College Football All-Name Team
Sophomore (2021)
– Played in 11 games and scored a team-high 64 points on 11-of-14 field goals (79%) and 31-of-31 extra points (100%) with his points, field goals and extra points all tying career bests, while he had career high kickoff numbers in all but kickoff average (59.7 ypk) with 55 kickoffs for 3285 yards with 19 touchbacks
– Made nine of his last 10 field goal attempts over his final seven contests after coming up just short on a 55-yarder at Washington on the final play of regulation that would have won the game in a contest Cal eventually lost in overtime, 31-24
– Handled all placekicking and kickoff duties other than one kickoff in 11 of the team's 12 games
– Had a career-high three tackles
– Named honorable mention All-Pac-12 by Pro Football Focus
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Nevada - 1-2 FG (24 good, 40 miss); 2-2 PAT; 5 points; 4 kickoffs, 259 yards, 1 touchback
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at TCU - 2-2 PAT; 2 points; 6 kickoffs, 387 yards, 4 touchbacks ... career-high-tying touchbacks
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Sacramento State - 6-6 PAT; 6 points; 7 kickoffs, 382 yards, 2 touchbacks
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at Washington - 1-2 FG (29 good, 55 miss); 3-3 PAT; 6 points; 4 kickoffs, 255 yards, 3 touchbacks ... came up just short on a 55-yard field goal attempt that would have won the game on the final play of regulation
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Washington State - 2 kickoffs, 130 yards, 2 touchbacks
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at Oregon - 1-1 FG (45 good); 2-2 PAT; 5 points; 4 kickoffs, 249 yards, 1 touchback; 1 tackle ... career-high-tying tackles
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Colorado - 4-4 FG (49 good, 30 good; 51 good, 33 good); 2-2 PAT; 14 points; 6 kickoffs, 389 yards, 4 touchbacks; 1 tackle ... career highs for field goals made, field goals attempted, field goal percentage (most makes and attempts at 100%) and points ... career-high-tying touchbacks and tackles ... named one of three Lou Groza Award "Stars Of The Week" for his performance ... equaled the most field goals made and the best field goal percentage (most field goals made for 100%) by a Pac-12 kicker in 2021 ... nominated for Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week
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Oregon State - 1-2 FG (45 good, 48 missed); 4-4 PAT; 7 points; 7 kickoffs, 391 yards, 2 touchbacks
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at Stanford - 2-2 FG (24 good, 34 good); 5-5 PAT; 11 points; 8 kickoffs, 428 yards; 1 tackle ... career-high kickoffs and kickoff return yards, career-high-tying tackles
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at UCLA - 2-2 PAT; 2 points; 3 kickoffs, 168 yards; 1 tackle ... career-high-tying tackles
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USC - 1-1 FG (22 good); 3-3 PAT; 6 points; 4 kickoffs, 247 yards
Sophomore (2020)
– Scored a team-high 21 points on 4-of-5 field goals (80%) and 9-of-10 extra points (9-of-10) with both of his misses blocked, while also averaging 61.8 yards per kickoff with 494 yards and five touchbacks on eight kickoffs all over the last two games of the season shortened to four games due to COVID
– Made a 31-yard field goal attempt as well as his lone extra-point try in his only opportunities in the season-opener at UCLA
– Hit both of his field goals including a 52-yarder as time expired in the first half at Oregon State that was the longest by a Cal player since Matt Anderson also hit a 52-yarder vs. Arizona in 2017 and all three of his extra points
– Converted a 24-yard field goal on his first attempt and a pair of extra points against Stanford but also had a 32-yard field goal attempt blocked on the final play of the first half and an extra point blocked with 0:58 remaining in the game that would have tied the contest in a 24-23 loss to the Cardinal
– Also handled kickoff duties against Stanford with four kickoffs for 260 yards and three touchbacks
– Did not attempt a field goal but made all three of his extra points and kicked off four times for 234 yards with two touchbacks in a 21-17 home win over Oregon in the season finale
Freshman (2019)
– Played in the first five games off the bench and averaged 40.9 yards per punt with 18 punts for 736 yards, adding three opponents' fair catches, four punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line without a touchback and three punts of 50 or more yards in the only season in his career in which he saw action as a punter
– Served as Cal's primary punter for the first five games due to an injury to Steven Coutts and made 18 of the team's first 23 punts before Coutts returned to the starting role for the final eight contests
– Had at least one punt of 47 yards in each of the five games he played in
– Punted a career-high-tying four times for 163 yards and a 40.8 yards per punt average with a long of 48 yards at Arizona State while adding one punt inside the Sun Devils' 20-yard line without a touchback
– Punted a career-high-tying four times for 160 yards and a 40.0 yards per punt average with a long 51 yards vs. North Texas while adding one opponents' fair catch and one punt inside the Mean Green's 20-yard line without a touchback
– Punted a career-high-tying four times for 134 yards and a 33.5 yards per punt average with a long 47 yards at Washington
– Saw his first action at Cal as a punter against UC Davis and averaged a career-best 46.7 yards per punt on three punts for 140 yards including a career-long 54-yarder, with both the average and long punt the best numbers by a Cal player during the campaign
– Had three punts for 139 yards and a 46.3 yards per punt average including a long of 51 at Ole Miss with career bests of two opponents' fair catches and two punts inside the Rebels' 20-yard line without a touchback, as the two punts inside the 20 tied with Coutts for the most by a Cal player during the campaign
– Added a career-high-tying one tackle against Arizona State
– Made 1-of-2 field goals in the spring game, hitting from 40 yards before having his second try from 42 yards blocked by Deon White
Freshman (2018)
– Played in two games off the bench, making his collegiate debut against Oregon when he attempted an onside kick
– Also on the field for a two-kicker onside kick attempt at Arizona but did not execute the kick
– Neither of the Cal onside kick attempts made with him in the game were successful
– Redshirted
Other
– Born September 6, 1999
– Son of Loretto Longhetto
– Graduated from Cal with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in May of 2022 before earning a graduate certificate in business administration in December of 2022
Last Updated
June 4, 2023
