The award for the best collegiate long snapper is called the patrick manly award. Kevin gold says enefel teams have fully bought in to the value of the position. Today, about 80 to 85 % of field goals are made. That's way up from the old days when you just took any one you wandered off the roster and made him a long snapper.
Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Just in time for the Super Bowl, here’s everything there is to know about a job that didn’t used to exist.