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Week Six is now complete and marked the debut of rookie Mike Windt, the Chargers fifth snapper this season.  Windt appeared to perform well in his first regular season contest.  The normally reliable Lonie Paxton of the Broncos had a … Continue reading →

When Longsnap.com began in 2000, one of the unique features in the weekly News and Notes newsletter was a listing of each Division One college snapper by conference.  Compiling snapper information back then was hard, as many teams did not publish … Continue reading →

The Chargers fourth snapper, Ethan Albright, lasted two weeks.  Albright has been released and the Chargers have signed rookie Mike Windt, who played for the University of Cincinnati and was in training camp with the Bengals.  Windt will be the … Continue reading →

Week Five was a slow week for snapper tackles, as the only one to record a statistic on punt coverage was Garrison Sanborn of the Bills, who recovered a fumble.  The Chargers continue to be plagued by critical special teams problems, including … Continue reading →

Scott Albritton, a long snapper from Colorado State and one of the top long snapping prospects for the upcoming NFL Draft, suffered a likely season-ending knee injury last week.  Albritton will be replaced by redshirt freshman Tanner Hedstrom.

It is very rare for a special teams coach to be fired during the season, but the Dolphins took that unique step by firing John Bonamego and replacing him with his assistant, Darren Rizzi.  The Dolphins had a number of problems with … Continue reading →

Week Four is complete and featured a number of snappers contributing tackles on punt coverage.  Jason Kyle of the Saints followed up last week’s fumble recovery with a forced fumble and assisted tackle on the same play.  Chris Massey of … Continue reading →

In a recent post, I highlighted some of NFLDraftScout.com’s top snapping prospects.  Another respected independent group of scouts at ESPN Scouts Inc. have recently published their top NFL prospects for the 2011 Draft and have included eight long snapping prospects. … Continue reading →

The bad luck streak continues for the Chargers as they have placed their third snapper, Ryan Neill, on injured reserve and signed a new snapper, veteran Ethan Albright.  Albright snapped for the Redskins last season and is in his 16th … Continue reading →

Week Three is complete and did not have any significant snapping issues.  Pat Mannelly of the Bears set a team record last night by playing in his 192nd game.  Mannelly has missed just three games in his career.  Jason Kyle … Continue reading →