Florida football’s redshirt junior long snapper [autotag]Rocco Underwood[/autotag] was named to the 2024 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List on Monday. The honor is bestowed upon the player determined as the best FBS long snapper each fall.
The fourth-year lineman from Lake Mary, Florida, has served as the starting long snapper for the Gators each of the previous two seasons, recording 78 total snaps in 2023 with only one missed connection with punter/holder [autotag]Jeremy Crawshaw[/autotag] on the season.
Created in 2019, The Patrick Mannelly Award benefits Bernie’s Book Bank, a non-profit organization located in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The award is named for Patrick Mannelly, a 16-year NFL long snapper for the Chicago Bears.
Florida has had one previous athlete be named to a Mannelly Award watch list — [autotag]Marco Ortiz[/autotag] who was selected prior to the 2022 campaign. He suffered an injury after the first game of the season, opening the door for the redshirt freshman Underwood to ultimately take his place.
The 10 semi-finalists will be announced on Nov. 11, with the list narrowed to three finalists who will be announced on Nov. 25. The winner will be selected at the live award ceremony in Lake Bluff on Dec. 14.
The complete list of nominees can be seen below.
| Name | School |
| Austin Brinkman | West Virginia |
| Austin Riggs | Rutgers |
| Beau Gardner | Georgia |
| Ben Anderson | Oklahoma |
| Brent Matiscik | TCU |
| Byron Floyd | Buffalo |
| Cayson Pfeiffer | Wisconsin |
| Christian Johnstone | Appalachian State |
| Colby Cox | Memphis |
| Dylan Black | Oregon State |
| Eli Stein | Arkansas |
| Ethan Hudak | Tulane |
| Hank Pepper | USC |
| Hunter Rogers | South Carolina |
| Jacob Garcia | Utah State |
| JT Greep | Utah |
| Julian Ashby | Vanderbilt |
| Kneeland Hibbett | Alabama |
| Luke Elkin | Iowa |
| Luke Hosford | Kansas |
| Nicholas Marino | Florida Atlantic |
| Philip Florenzo | Clemson |
| Rocco Underwood | Florida |
| Ryan Wintermeyer | San Diego State |
| Slade Roy | LSU |
| Travis Drosos | UCLA |
| Tucker Dunn | Ball State |
| Tyler Duzansky | Penn State |
| Will Halkyard | Northwestern |
| William Wagner | Michigan |
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