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Category Archives: Snapping in the Media
Rick Gosselin’s 2023 Special Teams Rankings
NFL writer Rick Gosselin’s annual evaluation of every NFL team’s special teams units is something I look forward to after every NFL regular season. Gosselin ranks each team in 22 kicking-game categories and assigns points for the best to the … Continue reading
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New Long Snapper Song; Artist Looking for NFL Snappers to Appear in Video
The purpose of Longsnap.com is to celebrate the anonymous heroes of football, the long snapper. I was recently contacted by an amateur songwriter, Elliot Kramer, who also fell in love with the unique aspects of this position. Kramer decided to … Continue reading
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College All-American Long Snappers
With the college football season just weeks away, some top long snappers have been selected to pre-season All-American teams. Phil Steele always includes long snappers in his excellent annual College Football Preview magazine. In addition to including all-conference snappers for … Continue reading
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Long Snapping Update After Conference Championship Games
It will be the Eagles and Chiefs in the Super Bowl and the game will feature experienced snappers on both teams. Rick Lovato (Eagles) and James Winchester (Chiefs) each won Super Bowls and this will be Winchester’s third Super Bowl … Continue reading
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Week Fourteen in Review
It was another quiet week at the long snapping position in the NFL. However, there was a notable achievement Sunday, as Panthers snapper JJ Jansen played in a franchise record 222nd game. As of December 7th, Blake Ferguson (Dolphins) led … Continue reading
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2022 Mannelly Award Semi-Finalist Snappers
On Monday night, the Patrick Mannelly Award announced ten long snappers as the semi-finalists for the Award that recognizes the most outstanding FBS snapper. The names, shown in the graphic below, will be further narrowed to three finalists on November … Continue reading
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Week One in Review
Week One of the 2022 NFL Season is complete and was an eventful one for snappers and kickers. In addition to 15 missed kicks, a late game biceps injury to Bengals veteran snapper Clark Harris forced the use of a … Continue reading
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Luke Rhodes Selected as 2021 AP All-Pro Long Snapper
The Associated Press announced its All-Pro team today and the voting recently added long snappers. Luke Rhodes of the Colts was the clear winner this year, followed by Josh Harris of the Falcons. Both are headed to the Pro Bowl. … Continue reading
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Week Eleven in Review
Week Eleven was generally an uneventful one for snappers, although kicking operation issues continued in Green Bay and, at least this week, in Arizona. After Sunday’s game, the Cardinals waived Beau Brinkley. With a bye this week, it is unclear … Continue reading
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Week Five in Review
Week Five was a crazy one for kickers and missed kicks. Heading into Sunday Night Football, kickers missed 12 extra points and 12 field goals. That included an NFL record five missed field goals in the Packers win over the … Continue reading
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