It’s not often that long snappers see the love.
But despite being a rather thankless job, it’s an important one, and LSU has a reliable guy at that spot in [autotag]Slade Roy[/autotag]. An East Carolina transfer who joined the Tigers during coach Brian Kelly’s first season in 2022, Roy has been LSU’s starting long snapper for the past two seasons and will hold that role again in 2023.
On Monday, he was named to the preseason watch list for the Patrick Mannely Award, which is given to the nation’s top long snapper. Roy was also named to the watch list for the award ahead of last season.
The Best Long Snapper @sladeroy_ is on the Patrick Mannelly Award Preseason Watch List pic.twitter.com/cqdbGy5WdX
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) July 29, 2024
Roy has started 39 games in his career (27 at LSU and 12 at ECU) and he has played 357 total special teams snaps.
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