Jerry Diorio

Who is Jerry Diorio?

Gerald J. Diorio, is a retired professional American football player who played at the guard position for the University of Michigan and in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions.

Diorio was born in Youngstown, Ohio and played football there at Cardinal Mooney High School.

Diorio enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1980 and played football under head football coach Bo Schembechler from 1980 to 1983. While playing at Michigan, Diorio was 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 235 pounds. He started four games at right guard for the 1981 Michigan Wolverines football team and six games at the same position for the 1982 team. Diorio started all 12 games at left guard for the 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season with a 9-3 record and ranked No. 8 in the final AP poll and No. 9 in the final UPI poll. In January 1984, Diorio played in the East-West Shrine Game at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. He was also selected as a second-team All-Big Ten guard by the Associated Press, and a first-team member of the 1983 Big Ten All-Academic football team.

After graduating from Michigan, Diorio was undrafted in the 1984 NFL Draft.