Author Archives: longsnap

With NFL training camps opening in a few weeks, the number of teams with an extra snapper is decreasing.  In the last few weeks the Rams (Clint Mower) and Lions (Sam Scroggins) each released a snapper.  Heading into camp, just … Continue reading →

The Canadian Football League season is now underway and the eight snappers are all Canadian non-import players.  Below are the snappers for each CFL club. British Columbia 70 Dan McCullough Calgary 56 Randy Chevrier Edmonton 53 Tim St. Pierre Hamilton … Continue reading →

NFLDraftScout.com does an excellent job of evaluating and ranking long snappers and they have just updated their rankings of long snappers for the 2011 NFL Draft.  Below are the 16 snappers that have been ranked so far. 1 Christian Yount LS UCLA 6-0 240 2 Keenan … Continue reading →

There were a number of snapping transactions this week.  The Falcons released undrafted rookie Justin Drescher from Colorado, while the Bucs cut Chris Mauriello from Penn State.  The Dolphins signed veteran snapper John Denney to a new contract that lasts … Continue reading →

The Steelers made an interesting move this week by signing linebacker/snapper Matt Stewart.  Stewart has not played in an NFL regular season game since 2006 and was primarily a linebacker with the Falcons and Browns.  Stewart will compete at the … Continue reading →

There have been two additional snapper signings in the last few weeks.  Both involve street free agents from prior Draft years who had not previously signed an NFL contract.  The Rams signed Clint Mower of Utah, who was elgible for … Continue reading →

Things have slowed down a bit for the NFL and the snapping position.  In the last few weeks, the only transaction involved the Seahawks waiving former CFL snapper Pat MacDonald, leaving Matt Overton as the only snapper on the roster.  The … Continue reading →

There have been two additional snapper signings in the last few days, as the Seahawks re-signed Matt Overton, who was waived by the team earlier this year, and the Texans added street free agent and former Baylor snapper Jon Weeks.  … Continue reading →

There has been one additional snapper signing confirmed, as the Lions have added Sam Scroggins from West Virginia State.   Scroggins is the fifth snapper to sign a free agent contract since the end of the Draft.  A couple of snappers … Continue reading →

I have been able to confirm a few free agent snapper signings since the end of the Draft.  Clint Gresham of TCU signed with the Saints, Mike Windt of Cincinnati signed with the Bengals, Morgan Cox of Tennessee signed with … Continue reading →