Mike D'Amato - #47 - DB - Hofstra - Profile

Tenth-round choice ... has good size for strong

safety ... is the second Hofstra man on the

squad, center John Schmitt is the other ...

named to the all-star team of the Middle Atlantic

Conference in '66 and '67 as a safetyman ...

never played high school ball ... used on punt

returns and kickoffs ... in '67 he returned 12

kickoffs for 279 yards or a 23.3 average ...

returned 10 punts for 90 yards ... also picked

off three passes and ran them back 61 yards...

rated the finest defensive back he has ever

coached by head man Howdy Myers...

was a Little All-America in lacrosse this year...

selected for the North-South game ... member of the

New York Air National Guard with rank as Airman

First Class ... hobbies are skiing and golf...

Hometown: Richmond Hill, N.Y.