Georgetown Hoyas | |
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Position: | Defensive line coach |
Personal information | |
Born: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | July 25, 1992
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 | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Kevin Snyder (born July 25, 1992) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Rutgers.
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]
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]
Snyder was signed to the San Francisco 49ers practice squad on November 24, 2015. [6] He was waived on December 1. [7]
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]
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]
On November 27, 2017, Snyder was signed to the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad. [19] He was released on December 19, 2017. [20]
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]