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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 Final Download

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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 Seventeen Download

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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 Sixteen Download

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Stats Perform FCA All-America and Freshman Teams

Posted on December 19, 2024 by longsnap

The 2024 Stats Perform FCS All-America and Freshman teams were just announced and snappers are included on all teams.

The First Team All-America snapper was Caden Bolt of Missouri State, while Second Team was Jovoni Borbon of McNeese and Third Team was Sam Merryman of Youngstown State. All three snappers are seniors. The Freshman Team snapper was Tunner McLaughlin from Tennessee Tech.

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Week Fifteen in Review

Posted on December 17, 2024 by longsnap

Week Fifteen of the NFL season is complete and the rotation of snappers in Miami will continue. Although Zach Triner snapped this week, he was waived and Jake McQuaide signed after a tryout yesterday. Based on these moves, it does not appear that Blake Ferguson will return this year. In other moves, Tucker Addington was waived from the Jaguars practice squad.

Titans snapper Morgan Cox is a finalist for the Bart Starr Award given to the NFL player that demonstrates character, integrity and leadership, both on and off the field.

While Andrew DePaola continues to be one of the vote leaders at long snapper for the Pro Bowl, Steelers snapper Christian Kurtz is now the other voting leader.

The AFC FBS Coaches’ All-America Teams include long snappers and Luke Elgin of Iowa was First Team and Florida’s Rocco Underwood, who won the Patrick Mannelly Award this past weekend, was Second Team.

Two snappers recorded tackles in punt coverage this week, with Mitchell Fraboni (Broncos) recording a solo tackle and Rex Sunahara (Browns) an assisted tackle.

The NFL Long Snappers Chart after Week Fifteen is below.

2024 Week Fifteen Download

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Underwood Wins 6th Annual Patrick Mannelly Award

Posted on December 15, 2024 by longsnap

Last night, Florida snapper Rocco Underwood won the 6th annual Patrick Mannelly Award given to the best FBS snapper.

The two other finalists were Beau Gardner (Georgia) and Will Wagner (Michigan).

The entire Award ceremony can be viewed here:

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Week Fourteen in Review

Posted on December 10, 2024 by longsnap

Week Fourteen of the NFL season is complete and saw the return from injury of Andrew DePaola with the Vikings. Jake McQuaide, who snapped from Weeks 10 to 12 for Minnesota, was waived.

Another snapper, Blake Ferguson of the Dolphins, may be close to return as well. Ferguson was removed from injured reserve although Zach Triner handled the snaps Sunday.

The Jaguars added Tucker Addington to its practice squad due to an injury to Ross Matiscik but Matiscik was able to snap Sunday.

Pro Bowl voting is underway and the snappers with the most votes are James Winchester (Chiefs) and DePaola.

There were no tackles by any snapper in punt coverage this week which is a very rare circumstance.

The NFL Long Snappers Chart after Week Fourteen is below.

2024 Week Fourteen Download

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