University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Snyder, Nate
Jersey Number 36
Nate Snyder
- Position:
- Kicker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 193
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, Ind.
- High School:
- Center Grove
- Prev School:
- Indiana
Bio
• 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2021 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Handled Louisiana’s kicking duties following an injury to Kenneth Almendares … Was 7-12 on field goal attempts on the year and 38-40 on PATs … Was a perfect 3-3 on field goal attempts in the Ragin’ Cajuns New Orleans Bowl victory over Marshall (Dec. 18) … Made three field goals (45, 32, 37) against Texas State (Oct. 30) … Drilled a 33-yard field goal with one second left before halftime to give Louisiana a 17-7 lead in the SBC title game (Dec. 4) … Tallied a season-high nine kickoff attempts for 512 yards and set a season high with four touchbacks against Texas State. … Was a perfect 4-for-4 on PAT attempts against Arkansas State (Oct. 21) … Went 5-for-6 on PAT attempts in the win over App State (Oct. 12) … Tallied 35 kickoffs for 1,825 yards in six games this year … Recorded 79 kickoffs for 4,463 yards in his redshirt-senior campaign.
2020 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Handled Louisiana’s kickoff duties and spent time as the placekicker…Recorded 67 kickoffs for 3,782 yards, an average of 56.4 yards per boot…Notched 13 touchbacks…Went 5-for-10 on field goal attempts and 21-for-23 on PAT attempts…The hero in Louisiana’s 20-18 victory over Georgia Southern, hitting a 53-yard field goal as time expired to clinch the victory…It was the first 50-yard field since Stevie Artigue nailed a 53-yarder at App State on Dec. 7, 2019…His 53-yard FG is the seventh made field goal in program history that was 53 or more yards…The make tied for the fourth longest field goal in school history…Named the Special Teams Player of the Week following his big performance.
Prior to Louisiana (Indiana)
Joining Louisiana after spending four seasons as a member of the Indiana Football team…Saw his first action during his junior season in 2019, where he appeared in 13 games…Served as the Hoosiers’ kickoff specialist…Recorded 24 touchbacks with a 59.9 average on 55 kickoffs…Academic All-Big Ten selection.
High School
Kicker for head coach Eric Moore at Center Grove High School...2015 Kohl’s Kicking All-American…Made the 2015 Indiana All-USA Football Super Team...All-State and All-Conference selection as a senior...Two-time all-county selection recorded 106 touchbacks on 135 kickoffs and hit 14-of-20 field goals (long of 53) in his career...Led the state in touchbacks as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born on March 26, 1998…Son of Joel and Shannon Snyder.
2021 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Handled Louisiana’s kicking duties following an injury to Kenneth Almendares … Was 7-12 on field goal attempts on the year and 38-40 on PATs … Was a perfect 3-3 on field goal attempts in the Ragin’ Cajuns New Orleans Bowl victory over Marshall (Dec. 18) … Made three field goals (45, 32, 37) against Texas State (Oct. 30) … Drilled a 33-yard field goal with one second left before halftime to give Louisiana a 17-7 lead in the SBC title game (Dec. 4) … Tallied a season-high nine kickoff attempts for 512 yards and set a season high with four touchbacks against Texas State. … Was a perfect 4-for-4 on PAT attempts against Arkansas State (Oct. 21) … Went 5-for-6 on PAT attempts in the win over App State (Oct. 12) … Tallied 35 kickoffs for 1,825 yards in six games this year … Recorded 79 kickoffs for 4,463 yards in his redshirt-senior campaign.
2020 Season (Redshirt Junior)
Handled Louisiana’s kickoff duties and spent time as the placekicker…Recorded 67 kickoffs for 3,782 yards, an average of 56.4 yards per boot…Notched 13 touchbacks…Went 5-for-10 on field goal attempts and 21-for-23 on PAT attempts…The hero in Louisiana’s 20-18 victory over Georgia Southern, hitting a 53-yard field goal as time expired to clinch the victory…It was the first 50-yard field since Stevie Artigue nailed a 53-yarder at App State on Dec. 7, 2019…His 53-yard FG is the seventh made field goal in program history that was 53 or more yards…The make tied for the fourth longest field goal in school history…Named the Special Teams Player of the Week following his big performance.
Prior to Louisiana (Indiana)
Joining Louisiana after spending four seasons as a member of the Indiana Football team…Saw his first action during his junior season in 2019, where he appeared in 13 games…Served as the Hoosiers’ kickoff specialist…Recorded 24 touchbacks with a 59.9 average on 55 kickoffs…Academic All-Big Ten selection.
High School
Kicker for head coach Eric Moore at Center Grove High School...2015 Kohl’s Kicking All-American…Made the 2015 Indiana All-USA Football Super Team...All-State and All-Conference selection as a senior...Two-time all-county selection recorded 106 touchbacks on 135 kickoffs and hit 14-of-20 field goals (long of 53) in his career...Led the state in touchbacks as a junior and senior.
Personal
Born on March 26, 1998…Son of Joel and Shannon Snyder.
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