Longsnapper? Please explain

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PMC2726 said:
I trust Butch, but can someone explain in a well reasoned way the thought behind giving up a spot for a longsnapper? There's gotta be some good rationale behind this. Thanks and GBO! :hi:
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Because specialist are becoming valued pieces to teams. Alabama, OSU, both gave scholly's this year I believe to LS. We had a kid who was #1 LS in the nation committed last year as a LS to walk on, Oklahoma gave him a scholly and flipped him. A good long snapper can get you points and a bad one can lose you a game. How many snaps have you seen sail over a punters head?
 
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We lost the #1 long snapper in the country last year because we didn't offer him a scholarship. Wesley Horky is from Nashville and was going to walk here on but Oklahoma gave him a scholarship. Butch wasn't going to let that happen again. Lovingood is good but not as good as Horky.
 
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ALLVOL24/7/365 said:
Because specialist are becoming valued pieces to teams. Alabama, OSU, both gave scholly's this year I believe to LS. We had a kid who was #1 LS in the nation committed last year as a LS to walk on, Oklahoma gave him a scholly and flipped him. A good long snapper can get you points and a bad one can lose you a game. How many snaps have you seen sail over a punters head?
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You beat me to it. :hi:
 
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Lost a playoff game in HS b/c of 2 snaps over the punter's head. Gave up 10 points and ended up losing by 1 point on a FG with 0:14. I think it's well worth the scholarship if he's as good as advertised.
 
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It's like using a draft pick on one. It's not that common, but you do it if you think you have the right guy.

I remember when the Rams drafted Chris Massey, a long snapper out of Marshall, in the 7th round. It was kind of surprising, but he did have a good career with them. Wikipedia says that he made 702 clean snaps out of 703. That's about as good as you can expect.

Of course, if you are going to draft one or give one a scholarship, you need to have done your due diligence and be certain that he is going to be very good at his specialty.
 
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PMC2726 said:
I trust Butch, but can someone explain in a well reasoned way the thought behind giving up a spot for a longsnapper? There's gotta be some good rationale behind this. Thanks and GBO! :hi:
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He is very good and if we did not offer him, then Ole Piss or another school would have offered a scholarship and we would have lost him at the 11th hour of NSD.
No need to take that risk.
 
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BeattieFeathers said:
I have two sons that we're starting long snappers at the FCS level. The ratings don't mean crap. You take a guy already there, buried on the depth chart, encourage him to learn the skill as his only means of getting on the field. It's important and the goal is to remain anonymous.
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This is the message board for the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Not Tennessee Tech. Or University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Perhaps you are lost. This is SEC football, not the Ohio Valley. Long Snappers are infinitely more important here. Good luck finding your way to a Tennessee Tech board.
 
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PMC2726 said:
I trust Butch, but can someone explain in a well reasoned way the thought behind giving up a spot for a longsnapper? There's gotta be some good rationale behind this. Thanks and GBO! :hi:
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All big time programs have LS on scholarship. The schools usually contact MR Rubio for his snappers. Its one spot for 4 years and if you dont know the LS name....thats a good thing. That's because he hasn't snapped one over the punters head. I had a college coach tell me their team lost a game the year before because of this situation and it wouldnt happen again. They promptly extended my stepson 4 years of college with a full ride! BAM!
 
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Milehigh_Vol said:
He snaps on a NFL level...
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Then he is likely to have a long professional football career and make millions of dollars -- with little risk of injury.

If NFL teams consider long snapper important enough to fill one of their 53 roster spots, I'm pretty sure it's a wise move for the Vols to use one of their 85 spots to fill the position.
 
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If you want the best in the country at positions like this, then you have to offer them a scholarship. If we don't offer, someone else will. See the Horky situation last year with Oklahoma. One bad snap can be the difference between a win or loss.
 
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I was under the impression that he was a walk-on as well. Is that wrong? Same as Jancek and a couple others that were "announced". If they are still here in 2 years and earned one, then they could get placed on scholarship.
 
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I heard out of CBJ's mouth last year. The second most important position in ftball is the kicker. The long snapper is the most important.
 
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PMC2726 said:
I trust Butch, but can someone explain in a well reasoned way the thought behind giving up a spot for a longsnapper? There's gotta be some good rationale behind this. Thanks and GBO! :hi:
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Go learn to long snap. Long snap in a game while getting RTFO. Come back and apologize.
 
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Not glamorous position. As someone said previously, the less you hear their name, the better..

A good one is an ABSOLUTE necessity.
 
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GAVol said:
That theory makes sense at FCS level where they only have 60 scholarships. In FBS where there are 85, you might as well recruit a snapper every 2-3 years.
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Long snapping is a learned skill not dependent on athletic ability with the exception of flexibility. It is an unglamorous position that most don't want to do. There are guys already on campus that could do it. The ratings for long snappers are silly. My son got in an NFL camp and was good enough to play in the SEC. He was an asset in coverage which is not often the case with snappers. Usually, it's easy to pick out the long snapper when they go down field.
 
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BeattieFeathers said:
Long snapping is a learned skill not dependent on athletic ability with the exception of flexibility. It is an unglamorous position that most don't want to do. There are guys already on campus that could do it. The ratings for long snappers are silly. My son got in an NFL camp and was good enough to play in the SEC. He was an asset in coverage which is not often the case with snappers. Usually, it's easy to pick out the long snapper when they go down field.
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Where did he play and why not in the SEC?
 
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