Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Pirates ... two-time First Team Division IV All-State honoree ... conference defensive player of the year as a senior ... also earned All-Conference honors as a junior ... twice named to All-Distrct First Team ... set a school record with eight blocked kicks in 2010 ... ranks second in the state of Ohio for most blocked kicks in a season ... helped lead Black River to regional quarterfinals as a senior for the first time since 2003 ... also lettered in basketball and track and field ... won district title and finished tenth in the region in the discus throw.

Personal: John is the son of Steven and Lori Guilford ... major is mechanical engineering ... born March 17, 1994.