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Announcing the Patrick Mannelly Long Snapper Award

Posted on January 15, 2019 by longsnap

As most of you now know by now, I am honored to be one of the founders of the Patrick Mannelly Long Snapper Award.  Along with Chris Rubio and Patrick Mannelly himself, we look forward to making this new Award … Continue reading →

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Phil Steele All American Snappers for FBS and FCS

Posted on January 5, 2019 by longsnap

Phil Steele has just named the long snappers on his All American teams at the FBS and FCS levels. For the FBS, LSU’s Blake Ferguson is the First Team snapper.  Dan Godsil (Indiana), Wes Farnsworth (Nevada) and Geron Eartherly (Tulane) … Continue reading →

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Lots of Snapping News Coming in January

Posted on January 1, 2019 by longsnap

Welcome to 2019!  The end of the NFL regular season usually brings a lot of snapping news, most of it happening off the field. For example, there will be a couple of snappers signed to contracts for the 2019 season. … Continue reading →

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Week Seventeen in Review

Posted on December 31, 2018 by longsnap

Week Seventeen is complete and the regular season is over.  For snappers, it was a relatively stable year, with the only changes resulting from injury and not due to performance. Atlanta used three snappers, starting the season with Jeff Overbaugh … Continue reading →

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Bobenmoyer to Replace Perez in Shrine Game

Posted on December 28, 2018 by longsnap

Caleb Perez of UCF, who originally planned to snap in the Shrine Game on January 19, 2019, is unable to participate and will be replaced by Jacob Bobenmoyer of Northern Colorado. The Shrine Game will be played on the same … Continue reading →

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Blake Ferguson Wins First David Binn Award

Posted on December 27, 2018 by longsnap

Last evening, junior Blake Ferguson of LSU was named the inaugural winner of the David Binn Award given to the best college long snapper.  Ferguson was one of five finalists named on December 9th.  Ferguson was the only underclassman on the … Continue reading →

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Week Sixteen in Review

Posted on December 25, 2018 by longsnap

Week Sixteen of the NFL season is complete and just one week of the regular season remains.  This week was relatively quiet, as Don Muhlbach was able to snap despite being questionable during the week. The Lions worked out snappers … Continue reading →

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STATS FCS All-American Team

Posted on December 19, 2018 by longsnap

The STATS FCS All-America Team was just announced and also includes three long snappers. Patrick Eby of Columbia was First Team, Steven Wethli of Youngstown State was Second Team and Patrick Keefe from The Citadel was Third Team.  All are … Continue reading →

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HERO Sports All-American Team Long Snappers for FCS

Posted on December 19, 2018 by longsnap

HERO Sports just released its All-American teams for the FCS level and all three teams included long snappers. Senior Steven Wethli of Youngstown State was the First Team Special Teams snapper.  Junior Josh Brady of Jacksonville State was Second Team … Continue reading →

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Week Fifteen in Review

Posted on December 18, 2018 by longsnap

Week Fifteen provided another excellent example of the value of never giving up and the perseverance required to succeed in the NFL as a long snapper. On Sunday, after a season-ending back injury to Redskins snapper Nick Sundberg, Andrew East … Continue reading →

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