Matt Snider Explained

Matt Snider
Number:38, 44
Position:Fullback
Birth Date:26 January 1976
Birth Place:Des Moines, Iowa
Death Place:San Diego, California
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:241
High School:Lower Merion (PA)
College:Richmond
Undraftedyear:1999
Pastteams:
Pfr:SnidMa21

Matthew Kale Snider (January 26, 1976 – October 9, 2023) was a former American football fullback. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Science and Health. The Carolina Panthers offered him an NFL free agent contract in April 1999, but he was waived from the Charlotte-based team in June.[1] [2]

The Green Bay Packers then offered him a two-year contract in July 1999,[3] and Snider made the roster as the back-up fullback and special teams performer after coming into camp as the fourth-string fullback. One highlight of his career at Green Bay was a preseason 66-yard touchdown reception at Lambeau Field.[4]

He played two seasons for Green Bay, who released him at the start of the 2001 season.[5] 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.[6] The newly formed Houston Texans signed Snider as a free agent in December 2001, making him one of the first ten players the franchise ever signed.[7] The Texans released Snider after training camp in August 2002, ending his NFL career.

Snider graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia, in 1994.[8] 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 MVPs for the season.[9] Snider was also named to the first-team all Philadelphia Main Line roster.

Personal life

Snider died in San Diego on October 9, 2023 at the age of 47.[10]

External links

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/qctimes/name/matthew-snider-obituary?id=53372087

Notes and References

  1. News: Fowler . Scott . 1999-04-19 . Terry Will Get Shot to Start Early . 20 . The Charlotte Observer . 2023-08-06.
  2. News: 1999-06-22 . Panthers Sign 49ers Cornerback . 26 . The Charlotte Observer . 2023-08-06.
  3. PACKERS CLAIM ROOKIES SNIDER, McBRIDE ON WAIVERS . . 1999-07-02 . 2007-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121217/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/1999/07/07-02.html . 2007-09-29.
  4. Web site: Green Bay vs. Cleveland Browns 08/26/00 - Packers win 34-33 . 2007-05-21 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20061102092704/http://www.packers.com/gameday/2000/08-26/ . 2006-11-02.
  5. Web site: Matt Snider Biography . 2023-08-06 . ESPN . en.
  6. Web site: Matt Snider Career Stats - NFL . 2023-08-06 . ESPN . en.
  7. Web site: Texans Team History . May 21, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070428062407/http://www.houstontexans.com/team/texansteamhistory.asp . April 28, 2007 . dead.
  8. Web site: Matt Snider NFL Stats and Bio - Pro Football Archives . 2023-08-06 . www.profootballarchives.com.
  9. Web site: Jensen . Mike . 2020-01-27 . Kobe Bryant’s Lower Merion teammates and coaches knew it was all special . 2023-08-06 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . en.
  10. Web site: Gerry . 2023-10-24 . Matt Snider, Lower Merion Multisport Star, Dead at 47 - Played Alongside Kobe, Then Three Seasons In The NFL . 2023-12-30 . This Is Lower Merion And Narberth . en-US.

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