One of the big college football games last week may have turned on the role of the snapper.  Ohio State’s young snapper Bryce Haynes played a key, but subtle, role in drawing a rare defensive holding call on a punt in the second quarter against Penn State last Saturday.

In college, a snapper must be given one second to get his head up after a snap and before he can be contacted.  In this case, Haynes was hit immediately by a Penn State player after a punt snap and it resulted in the Buckeyes keeping the ball and scoring a touchdown before the half to tie the game.