Matt Snider
| Career history | |
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| Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings | |
Matthew Kale "Matt" Snider, born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 26th, 1976, was an un-drafted fullback from the University of Richmond. He graduated in 1999 and the Carolina Panthers offered him a free agent contract in the spring of 1999. He spent the summer in Charlotte and went through three mini-camps with the club, but they released him after the third. The Green Bay Packers then offered him a two year contract in July of 1999[1], and Snider made the roster as a back-up fullback and special teams performer after coming into camp as the fourth string fullback.File:Snider Close up.jpg One highlight of his career at Green Bay was a 66 yard touchdown reception at Lambeau Field[2]. He played two seasons for Green Bay, they released him at the start of the 2001 season[3], and the Minnesota Vikings picked him up soon after. Snider played four games with the Vikings before they released him, and for the rest of the 2001 season he was not on a roster. The newly formed Houston Texans signed Snider as a free agent in December 2002, and he has the distinction of being one of the first ten players the Houston Texans ever signed[4]. The Texans released Snider after training camp in August 2002 and his NFL career was over.
Snider graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia, in 1994. He played football and basketball for the Lower Merion Aces, and he played two years of high school basketball with Kobe Bryant. In 1994, Snider's senior season and Bryant's sophomore season, he and Bryant were named team MVP's at the end of the season.
Snider now lives in San Diego working as a commercial real estate mortgage broker for Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation.
References
- ^ "PACKERS CLAIM ROOKIES SNIDER, McBRIDE ON WAIVERS" (Press release). Retrieved 2007-05-20.
{{cite press release}}: Unknown parameter|Date=ignored (|date=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|Publisher=ignored (|publisher=suggested) (help) - ^ "Green Bay vs. Cleveland Browns 08/26/00 - Packers win 34-33". Green Bay Packers. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ^ Silversteen, Tom; Cunningham, Michael (2001-9-4), "Packers' injury list starting to shrink", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Texans Team History". Retrieved 2007-05-21.
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