Bruce DeHaven Coaches Despite Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on August 3, 2015 by longsnap

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Peter King of The MMQB featured the story of veteran special teams coach Bruce DeHaven in his Monday Morning Quarterback column today.  Known as one of the best special teams coaches in NFL history, DeHaven was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer but made the decision to continue to coach the Carolina Panthers special teams units this season and beyond.

DeHaven will be assisted this year by another veteran special teams coach, Russ Purnell.  Despite the difficult circumstances, DeHaven has vowed to keep fighting and called himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

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Another Great Long Snapper Story

Posted on August 1, 2015 by longsnap

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It seems like there is another amazing story about a long snapper every few weeks.  From high school, to college and the NFL, almost every long snapper seems to have a compelling element to their journey.

Chris Rubio of Rubio Long Snapping informed me of another instance of a snapper overcoming an obstacle this week when he told me about Jake Munoz, a high school long snapper from Georgia.  A rising senior, Munoz has been offered a full scholarship to Georgia State.

What makes Munoz’s story unusual is that he has a condition known as retinal core dystrophy that creates issues with his visual perception.  Despite this, Munoz has enough snapping talent and ability to have earned a full ride.

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Saints Add Rookie Chris Highland

Posted on July 30, 2015 by longsnap

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There has already been one transaction at the snapping position during the opening days of training camp, as the Saints have signed rookie Chris Highland from Illinois State.  Highland, who was in mini-camp with the Saints on a tryout basis, was added due to an apparent injury to regular snapper Justin Drescher.  The injury to Drescher is unknown but he is expected to return soon.

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2015 Training Camp Long Snapper Chart

Posted on July 27, 2015 by longsnap

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With every NFL training camp set to open by the end of this week, it’s a good time to take a look at the snapping situation for all 32 clubs.

Attached is Longsnap.com’s 2015 Training Camp Edition of the long snappers chart.  As usual, the chart features biographical information on each NFL snapper, including uniform number, height, weight and when their current contract expires.  For those eight NFL teams that have another snapper in camp, the second snapper is also included with their uniform number.

2015 Training Camp Long Snapper Chart

 

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Matt Overton of the Colts Demonstrates Long Snapping

Posted on July 13, 2015 by longsnap

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Today’s Football 101 video on the Indianapolis Colts’ website colts.com features long snapper Matt Overton.

In the video linked below, Overton provides a nice introduction to the mechanics of the short and long snap.

http://www.colts.com/videos/videos/Colts-Football-101-Long-Snapping-w-Matt-Overton/226dd274-eab6-4a6b-a629-9b0389cef869

 

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STATS FCS Preseason All-America Team

Posted on July 11, 2015 by longsnap

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With the college football season approaching, some FCS long snappers have earned Preseason All-America Team status according to STATS.

STATS announced three teams of top players with Kameron Canaday (Portland State) named first team, followed by Josh Appel (Indiana State) and James Fisher (North Dakota State).

Although FBS snappers tend to get most of the little attention given to college long snappers, it is nice to see a list of the top FCS players that includes long snappers.

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Nate Boyer Serves as Guest Columnist

Posted on June 29, 2015 by longsnap

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The story of long snapper Nate Boyer, who is trying to make the NFL as a 34-year old rookie, is now well-known.  Today, Boyer was honored to have been selected to write the Monday Morning Quarterback column for vacationing Peter King for The MMQB website.

In his piece, titled “The American Dream“, Boyer writes an inspirational account about how he achieved his dreams of snapping in college and the NFL following his Army career.  Although many stories have been written about Boyer’s journey, this may be the best because it is in his own words.

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CFL Snappers for the 2015 Season

Posted on June 28, 2015 by longsnap

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Although NFL training camps are a month away, the CFL season is underway.  This year, three snappers have prior NFL experience, including veteran Randy Chevrier who returns in Calgary.  Jorgen Hus and Chad Rempel have more recent NFL training camp experience and will snap in Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, respectively.

Below are the snappers for the 2015 CFL season based on opening day rosters and depth charts.

British Columbia 40 Mike Benson

Calgary 56 Randy Chevrier

Edmonton 53 Ryan King

Hamilton 47 Aaron Crawford

Montreal 37 Martin Bedard

Ottawa 50 Kevin Malcolm

Saskatchewan 46 Jorgen Hus

Toronto 58 Jake Reinhart

Winnipeg 46 Chad Rempel

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Phil Steele LS Rankings for 2015

Posted on June 17, 2015 by longsnap

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Phil Steele’s 2015 College Football Preview has just been released. Once again, Steele’s magazine is one of the very few to include college long snappers on his All-American Team and, for the first time this year, as Draft prospects.

Both lists are identical as Steele lists LSU’s Reid Ferguson on his 1st Team and top NFL prospect.  Ferguson is followed by Taybor Pepper (Michigan State), Nolan Frese (Houston), Jeff Overbaugh (San Diego State) and Cole Mazza (Alabama).  All are seniors except for Mazza.

 

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Browns Terminate Yount’s Contract

Posted on May 31, 2015 by longsnap

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The Browns have terminated the contract of veteran long snapper Christian Yount.  Yount, a five-year veteran, struggled at times last season.  With Yount’s departure, Charley Hughlett is the only snapper on the roster.  Hughlett spent some time on the practice squad with Cleveland last season.

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