Long Snapper Position Very Active in Free Agency

Posted on March 17, 2025 by longsnap

Veteran free agency has been an active time for long snappers and included some rare team changes when veterans Charley Hughlett signed with the Eagles and Jon Weeks reached a deal with the Niners.

To track all of the movement to date, below are the signings by team:

ARIZONA: Aaron Brewer (1 year)

ATLANTA: Liam McCullough (4 years)

BUFFALO: Reid Ferguson (4 years)

CAROLINA: J.J. Jansen (1 year)

CHICAGO: Scott Daly (1 year)

CINCINNATI: Cal Adomitis (1 year)

DALLAS: Trent Sieg (3 years)

DENVER: Mitch Fraboni (3 years)

KANSAS CITY: James Winchester (1 year)

GIANTS: Casey Kreiter (1 year)

PHILADELPHIA: Charley Hughlett (1 year)

SAN FRANCISCO: Jon Weeks (1 year)

TENNESSEE: Morgan Cox (1 year)

Veteran free agents that remain unsigned as of today include Rick Lovato, Jake McQuaide, Taybor Pepper and client Patrick Scales.

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Snapping Update As Free Agency Begins

Posted on March 10, 2025 by longsnap

Veteran free agency in the NFL begins today at noon eastern with the legal tampering period during which discussions with free agents can commence.

In advance of that, all three pending restricted free agents have signed new deals and a handful of unrestricted free agents are also returning to their existing clubs.

For the restricted free agents, Cal Adomitis (Bengals) as previously reported returns on a one-year deal, while Mitchell Fraboni (Broncos) signed a three-year extension and client Liam McCullough (Falcons) returns on a four-year extension.

Unrestricted free agents to sign new one-year deals include Aaron Brewer (Cardinals), JJ Jansen (Panthers) and Casey Kreiter (Giants). Reid Ferguson of the Bills inked a new four-year extension.

The Browns released Charley Hughlett last week, so he is another veteran snapper that is available.

Below is a list of the eight unrestricted free agents that are free to negotiate with other teams today.

Cox (TEN)

Daly (CHI)

Lovato (PHI)

McQuaide (MIA)

Scales (CHI)

Sieg (DAL)

Weeks (HOU)

Winchester (KC)

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Latest Snapping Moves in the NFL and UFL Snappers

Posted on February 27, 2025 by longsnap

At least one veteran long snapper is now looking for work.  The Browns released Charley Hughlett, who was injured most of last season.  Hughlett was one of the longest tenured Browns and snapped for the club since 2014 and in 152 games.  For now, Rex Sunahara, who did well replacing Hughlett last season, is the only snapper on the roster.

Cal Adomitis signed a one-year deal with the Bengals and avoids becoming a restricted free agent next month. 

UFL training camps will open soon for its second season and six of the eight teams return their snapper from last season.  Ryan Langan (Birmingham), Jordan Ober (Michigan), Turner Bernard (Memphis), Alex Matheson (St. Louis), Trae Barry (DC) and Antonio Ortiz (Arlington) all return, while new snappers are Marco Ortiz (Houston) and Dalton Godfrey (San Antonio).

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Snapping Update Before the NFL Scouting Combine

Posted on February 20, 2025 by longsnap

The NFL Scouting Combine starts next week and, in advance of that, there have been some snapper signings, new special teams coaches and five top Draft prospects received invites to Indianapolis.

The Panthers signed veteran and potential unrestricted free agent JJ Jansen to a one-year deal that will bring him back in Carolina for a 17th season! To date, the Texans are the only team to sign a snapper to a reserve/future deal for next year, signing Tucker Addington. Jon Weeks is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent.

The last three specials teams coaching vacancies have been filed, with Chris Tabor in Buffalo, Darren Rizzi in Denver and Phil Galiano in New Orleans.

The Combine continued the trend from last year of inviting five snappers to snap for the specialists. Julian Ashby (Vanderbilt), Austin Brinkman (West Virginia), Luke Elkin (Iowa), Brent Matiscik (TCU) and William Wagner (Michigan) will all be in Indianapolis next week.

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Super Bowl Wrap-Up

Posted on February 11, 2025 by longsnap

The 2024 NFL season concluded Sunday with the Eagles decisive win over the Chiefs. Snapper Rick Lovato of the Eagles won his second Super Bowl ring and had an assisted tackle in the game. He was also called for two false starts on two separate field goal attempts.

The only other snapper to record a tackle in the playoffs was Josh Harris of the Chargers who had a solo tackle in the Wild Card round.

As usual, there have been a number of coaching changes since the end of the season and that usually impacts special teams coaches. Below are the teams where the special teams coach was either fired or left and the name of the new coach if one has been hired. As of today, vacancies still exist with Buffalo, Denver and New Orleans.

BUFFALO: Matt Smiley/TBD

DALLAS: John Fassel/Nick Sorensen

DENVER: Ben Kotwica/TBD

MIAMI: Danny Crossman/Craig Auckerman

NEW ORLEANS: Darren Rizzi/TBD

JETS: Brant Boyer/Chris Banjo

49ERS: Brian Schneider/Brant Boyer

TENNESSEE: Colt Anderson/John Fassel

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2025 College All-Star Game Long Snappers

Posted on January 26, 2025 by longsnap

Many of the top long snapping prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft were selected to college all-stars games to impress NFL scouts and coaches. Two games have not yet been played, as the East-West Shrine Game will be played Thursday, while the Senior Bowl is Saturday. The remaining games have all been played.

Here are the snappers for some of the top all-star games this season:

SENIOR BOWL

Austin Brinkman (West Virginia) and William Wagner (Michigan)

EAST-WEST SHRINE BOWL

Brent Matscik (TCU) and Josh Wojciechowicz (Colorado School of Mines)

TROPICAL BOWL

Kneeland Hibbett (Alabama) and Christian Johnstone (Appalachian State)

HULA BOWL

Donato Crisanti (Rhode Island), Gage King (UCF), Austin Riggs (Rutgers) and Wojciechowicz

FCS BOWL

Bobby Cleary (Campbell) and Joe Seidel (Davenport)

DREAM BOWL

Jonathan Duff (Eastern Kentucky) and Zac Heaton (Western Colorado)

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Week Eighteen in Review

Posted on January 7, 2025 by longsnap

The NFL regular season is now complete. Six teams (Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, Minnesota, New England and Tampa Bay) used multiple snappers at some point during the season. Miami used five to lead all clubs.

According to Longsnap.com’s unofficial tracking, 17 teams had snapper tryouts since the beginning of August and worked out a total of 32 snappers, although many snappers had multiple workouts.

Andrew DePaola (Minnesota) and Ross Matiscik (Jaguars) will be the Pro Bowl long snappers with first team alternates of Mitchell Fraboni (Denver) and Tyler Ott (Commanders).

There were four snappers with a total of five tackles to lead all snappers. The four leading tacklers are Scott Daly (Chicago), Mitchell Fraboni (Denver), Hogan Hatten (Detroit) and Casey Krieter (Giants).

The final NFL Long Snappers Chart is below.

2024 FinalDownload
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Week Seventeen in Review

Posted on December 31, 2024 by longsnap

Week Seventeen of the NFL season is complete and the snapping position remains stable. Jake McQuaide has taken over the snapping duties in Miami since last week and is the fifth snapper the team has used this year.

Four snappers recorded tackles in punt coverage this week, as Christian Kuntz (Steelers) recorded a solo tackle, while James Winchester (Chiefs) tallied two assisted tackles. Josh Harris (Chargers) and Reid Ferguson (Bills) each had assisted tackles.

The NFL Long Snappers Chart after Week Seventeen is below.

2024 Week SeventeenDownload
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Sneak Peak at Veteran Free Agency for Long Snappers

Posted on December 26, 2024 by longsnap

With the NFL regular season winding down, it is a good time to take a sneak peak at veteran free agency that begins in March. At this point, as many as 15 snappers may be in some form of free agency.

A restricted free agent must be offered a one-year deal at a substantial annual salary for a long snapper for the right to match any offers. That deal value is not known yet, but will likely be over 3M for 2025. Because of this, the three restricted free agents below are likely to sign new contracts if their existing team wants to retain them but prior to the start of free agency.

The remaining 12 snappers below are unrestricted free agents and free to sign with anyone in mid-March if not re-signed by their existing clubs.

Here are the various snappers and free agency status as of today.

RESTRICTED (3): Adomitis (CIN); Fraboni (DEN); and McCullough (ATL)

UNRESTRICTED (12): Brewer (ARI); Cox (TEN); Daly (CHI); Ferguson (BUF); Jansen (CAR); Kreiter (NYG); Lovato (PHI); McQuaide (MIA); Scales (CHI); Sieg (DAL); Weeks (HOU) and Winchester (KC)

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Week Sixteen in Review

Posted on December 24, 2024 by longsnap

Week Sixteen was a quiet one for snappers. There were no major issues and three snappers recorded tackles in punt coverage.

Hogan Hatten (Lions) and Scott Daly (Bears) added solo tackles, while Casey Kreiter (Giants) recorded an assist.

The NFL Long Snappers Chart after Week Sixteen is below.

2024 Week SixteenDownload
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