Long snappers have a thankless job.
Unfortunately, they don’t benefit from flashy stats, and if they’re getting any attention, it’s probably for all the wrong reasons, like a botched snap. But that was not the case during Saturday’s game between Tennessee and Georgia.
After a Volunteers’ second quarter drive stalled out at their own 39-yard line, Tennessee punter Jackson Ross and the rest of the special teams unit, including long snapper Bennett Brady, ran out onto the field. Ross booted the ball inside the Georgia 20-yard line, but the Volunteers needed a favorable bounce if they wanted to pin the ‘Dawgs back deep…