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Week Seven in Review

Posted on October 25, 2011 by longsnap

Week Seven is complete and, like prior weeks, the snapping position remains stable.  Two teams did workout snappers recently, with the Patriots bringing in veteran Chris Massey and the Bengals doing the same with rookie Patrick Scales. Three snappers, John Denney (Dolphins), … Continue reading →

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Week Six in Review

Posted on October 18, 2011 by longsnap

Week Six is complete and the snapping position remains stable.  Zak DeOssie, who suffered a concussion last week, was able to snap for the Giants.  If DeOssie was unable to play, reports indicated that Matt Katula would have been signed after … Continue reading →

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ESPN’s Page Two Long Snapper Rankings

Posted on October 13, 2011 by longsnap

Thomas Neumann of ESPN’s Page Two just compiled his own ranking of the top ten NFL long snappers.  In what he calls the “inaugural edition of Page 2’s Long Snapper Rankings“, Neumann unique rankings put Ryan Pontbriand of the Browns … Continue reading →

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Week Five in Review

Posted on October 11, 2011 by longsnap

Week Five is complete and saw the first significant injury at the snapping position when Zak DeOssie of the Giants suffered a concussion covering a punt.  DeOssie could not finish the game and the Giants were forced to use an … Continue reading →

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Email Contact for Longsnap.com

Posted on October 5, 2011 by longsnap

When Longsnap.com begain in 2000, it was published in a traditional web site format.  In April, 2009, Longsnap.com adopted a blog format.  About a year ago, for technical reasons, I had to change the way the blog was hosted.  Since … Continue reading →

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2011 Division One Long Snappers Chart

Posted on October 5, 2011 by longsnap

Below in pdf format is each Division One long snapper by conference and team as compiled exclusively by Longsnap.com  In some cases where the snapping duties were split between two players, only the punt snapper is listed. Special thanks to … Continue reading →

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Week Four in Review

Posted on October 4, 2011 by longsnap

Week Four of the NFL season is in the books and the snapping position has remained stable.  Five snappers recorded solo tackles this week, including Lonie Paxton (Broncos), Jeremy Cain (Jaguars), Zak DeOssie (Giants), Mike Windt (Chargers) and Nick Sundberg … Continue reading →

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Long Snapper Added to National High School Football Awards

Posted on September 30, 2011 by longsnap

Top long snapping coach Chris Rubio announced a new national award yesterday named in his honor to recognize the best national high school long snapper.  The award will be known as the Chris Rubio Award and will be given annually.  Herbalife … Continue reading →

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Week Three in Review

Posted on September 27, 2011 by longsnap

Week Three in the NFL featured one of the best designed special teams plays that, in the end, did not count.  In the Packers victory against the Bears, the Packers had punter Tim Masthay punt toward the left sideline.  At … Continue reading →

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Week Two in Review

Posted on September 20, 2011 by longsnap

Week Two is complete and, unlike last week, there were no punt or kick returns.  There was the first snapping change of the regular season, at least temporarily.  In the beginning of the week, the Bucs waived rookie snapper Christian Yount and … Continue reading →

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