College Career
Born in Torrance, California, Ferragamo was heavily recruited as an All-American high school quarterback from Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, where he was the L.A. City Schools MVP. Ferragamo accepted a football scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. Buried on the quarterback depth chart behind Cal teammate Steve Bartkowski, Ferragamo transferred to top-ranked Nebraska in 1974. As a Cornhusker, he lettered in 1975 and 1976; during his senior season he was All-Big 8 and All-American, and also an Academic All-American.
Ferragamo's Nebraska was ranked No. 1 in 1976 but managed only to tie LSU, 6-6, in a game in Tiger Stadium on September 11. The two teams were said to have waged "unrelenting trench warfare". The LSU record was 6-4-1 against the No. 1 opposing team.
Ferragamo capped off his college career by leading the Huskers to a victory over Texas Tech in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in the Houston Astrodome.
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