Twenty Navy football players (17 current players and three former players) are involved with the Dare To Play Football camp at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium this weekend
At Navy: Returning two-year starter at long snapper ... is one of the top long snappers in school history ... is the second freshman to start at long snapper in program history ... has earned two varsity letters.
2012: The Mids' long snapper for field goal kicker Nick Sloan and punter Pablo Beltran.
2011: Served as Navy's long snapper for fellow rookie punter Pablo Beltran ... saw action in every game his rookie campaign ... pitched in his first-career tackle in the Mids' win over Troy.
High School / Personal: A 2010 graduate of Granite Hills High School, Cardona attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2010-11 academic year ... a two-sport athlete who lettered twice in football and four years in lacrosse ... a first-team all-league selection his senior year ... member of the 2009 Chris Sailer National Kicking & Snapping Event's top 12 long snappers ... led Granite Hills to the 2010 conference title in lacrosse ... named the conference MVP as a midfielder for the lacrosse team his senior year and picked up Second-Team All-San Diego honors ... son of Patrick and Margaret Cardona ... majoring in economics.