Kevin Snyder (born July 25, 1992) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Rutgers.
 Coaching at Georgetown, 2023 | |
| Georgetown Hoyas | |
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| Position: | Defensive line coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 25, 1992 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Rutgers |
| Undrafted: | 2015 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| As a coach: | |
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College career
Snyder played at the middle, weak-side, and strong-side linebacker positions for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team. In a four-year career, Snyder had 229 total tackles, 6½ sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and 10 pass defenses. He was also the team's back-up long snapper.[1]
Snyder, a member of the Big Ten and Big East All-Academic teams during his playing career at Rutgers, majored in economics. He was also a member of the National College Athlete Honor Society.[2]
Professional career
Detroit Lions
After going undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, Snyder signed with the Detroit Lions on May 2, 2015.[3] He broke his hand in the Lions' second preseason game against the Washington Redskins and was subsequently placed on injured reserve.[4] He was released from the injured reserve list on October 13.[5]
San Francisco 49ers
Snyder was signed to the San Francisco 49ers practice squad on November 24, 2015.[6] He was waived on December 1.[7]
New England Patriots
Snyder was signed to the New England Patriots practice squad on December 16, 2015.[8] In the week leading up to the AFC Championship Game, Snyder was promoted to the Patriots' active 53-man roster.[9] He was active for the game, but did not play any snaps.[10]
On September 3, 2016, Snyder was waived/injured by the Patriots and was placed on injured reserve after clearing waivers.[11] On September 8, 2016, Snyder was released by the Patriots with an injury settlement.[12]
Denver Broncos
On December 15, 2016, Snyder was signed to the Broncos' practice squad.[13] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Broncos on January 2, 2017.[14]
On September 2, 2017, Snyder was waived by the Broncos.[15] He was re-signed to the Broncos' practice squad on October 24, 2017.[16] He was promoted to the active roster on October 28, 2017.[17] He was waived on November 7, 2017.[18]
Arizona Cardinals
On November 27, 2017, Snyder was signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad.[19] He was released on December 19, 2017.[20]
Coaching career
In 2020, Snyder returned to his alma mater Rutgers as a player development assistant, then spent two years at Wake Forest University as an outside linebacker and defensive end graduate assistant.[21][2] In March 2023, Snyder joined the Georgetown Hoyas as a defensive line assistant coach.[2][21]
References
External links
- New England Patriots profile
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights profile Archived January 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- Georgetown Hoyas profile