Nathan Snyder: P · Ball State · #38.
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Ball State’s specialists
Nathan Snyder
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. A two-star recruit with five seasons on the field at Ball State since. All-MAC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.7 gross, but 21 of 52 inside the 20 (40.4%) — a pinner. pinner
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21vs Western Illinois | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-44@ No. 11 Penn State | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 56 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-45@ Wyoming | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 53 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-22vs Toledo | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 45 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Army | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Western Michigan | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 48 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 56 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-25@ Akron | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 45 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 29-30@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 240 | 48.0 | 69 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-37vs Central Michigan | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 56 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3vs Buffalo | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 49 | 2 | |
| Total | 52 | 2218 | 42.7 | 69 | 21 |
Season context: team record and system
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
42%23 of 55Touchback rate
4%2 of 55Yards / punt
42.555 puntsLong
69yards42.5 yards/punt on 55 punts · 42% placed inside the 20 · 2 touchbacks.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Ball State carries two punters; Snyder has taken 55 of the 62.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
