It makes sense for the Jets to induct running backs Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell into the organization's Ring of Honor together on Sunday because they were partners in each other's success and that of the team. But Snell, who rushed for 121 yards and the Jets' only touchdown in their victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, has not accepted the Jets' invitation to participate in the ceremony at MetLife Stadium, just as he consistently has refused the club's invitations to other alumni events for unspecified reasons ever since he retired.
Snell, who starred at Carle Place High School and won the Thorp Award as Nassau's top player in 1959, never has explained publicly his reasons for distancing himself from the Jets and his former teammates.