There are certain participants in sporting events who tend to remain anonymous. Officials, for example, shouldn’t be household names (though if you’re someone like MLB umpire Joe West, you might actually seek that limelight, for better or worse). Unless you’re a die-hard Buffalo Bills fan, which by the mere fact that you not only read this blog, but have clicked on this article and chosen to read about a long snapper, you may not have any idea who the team’s long snapper is.
Often, the only way that anyone knows the long snapper’s name on a football team is because that guy messed something up, costing his team field position, points, or worse—victory.