40-yard dash↓ lower is better
n 13 (87% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 5.37s
- 25th
- 5.27s
- Median
- 5.07s
- 75th
- 5.00s
- Top 5%
- 4.89s
Best: 4.76s — Steven Wirtel, 2020
Long Snapper
The bar for an NFL long snapper
- Athletes
- 15
- Classes
- 2017–2026
- Drafted
- 2 (13%)
Small group: 15 long snappers since 2017. Read these as reference points, not norms.
Typical NFL LS, 2017–2026 — the middle 50% of the group
- Height
- 6'1" – 6'4"
- Weight
- 235 – 241 lb
- 40-yard dash
- 5.00 – 5.27s
The benchmark table
Tiers are vs long snappers at the NFL Combine, 2017–2026, who tested that drill. Timed drills are already flipped: a faster time is a higher tier.
| Build | Typical range (mid 50%) | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heightn 14 (93% tested)small sample | 6'1" – 6'4" | 6'2" | n 14 (93%)small sample |
| Weightn 14 (93% tested)small sample | 235 lb – 241 lb | 237 lb | n 14 (93%)small sample |
| PPIpounds carried per inch of framen 14 (93% tested)small sample | 3.13 – 3.26 | 3.21 | n 14 (93%)small sample |
| Performance | NFL medianbeats 50% | Top 25%beats 75% | Top 10%beats 90% | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40-yard dash↓ lower winsn 13 (87% tested)small sample | 5.07s | 5.00s | 4.97s | n 13 (87%)small sample |
| Vertical jumpn 13 (87% tested)small sample | 30" | 31" | 32.5" | n 13 (87%)small sample |
| Broad jumpn 14 (93% tested)small sample | 9'3" | 9'6" | 9'9" | n 14 (93%)small sample |
| Bench press (reps)n 7 (47% tested)small sample — fewer than half tested | 14 | too few tested to estimate tiers | too few tested to estimate tiers | n 7 (47%)small sample — fewer than half tested |
| 3-cone↓ lower winsn 11 (73% tested)small sample | 7.53s | 7.45s | 7.26s | n 11 (73%)small sample |
| Shuttle↓ lower winsn 12 (80% tested)small sample | 4.55s | 4.49s | 4.30s | n 12 (80%)small sample |
| Power Index√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body powern 13 (87% tested)small sample | 83.3 | 85.4 | 87.4 | n 13 (87%)small sample |
Top 10% = better than 90% of Combine long snappers who tested. n = athletes with a recorded value.
† Fewer than half tested. Skipping correlates with top prospects — a biased sample.
— means too few tested to estimate tiers; the median is still shown.
Every measurable, in full
Better is always to the right. Drafted vs undrafted comparisons appear when both sides have 30+ athletes — this group doesn’t.
n 13 (87% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 25"
- 25th
- 26"
- Median
- 30"
- 75th
- 31"
- Top 5%
- 33.5"
Best: 34.5" — Dan Godsil, 2019
n 14 (93% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 8'3"
- 25th
- 8'6"
- Median
- 9'3"
- 75th
- 9'6"
- Top 5%
- 9'11"
Best: 10'0" — Steven Wirtel, 2020
n 7 (47% tested)small sample
Median 14 — only 7 tested, too few for a distribution.
3-cone↓ lower is better
n 11 (73% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 7.76s
- 25th
- 7.61s
- Median
- 7.53s
- 75th
- 7.45s
- Top 5%
- 7.19s
Best: 7.12s — Steven Wirtel, 2020
Shuttle↓ lower is better
n 12 (80% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 4.83s
- 25th
- 4.65s
- Median
- 4.55s
- 75th
- 4.49s
- Top 5%
- 4.28s
Best: 4.28s — Tanner Carew, 2018
Power Index
√(weight × vertical) — mass-adjusted lower-body power
n 13 (87% tested)small sample
- Bot 5%
- 77.1
- 25th
- 78.7
- Median
- 83.3
- 75th
- 85.4
- Top 5%
- 89.1
Best: 91.2 — Dan Godsil, 2019
n 14 (93% tested)small sample
- 5th
- 5'10.5"
- 25th
- 6'1"
- Median
- 6'2"
- 75th
- 6'4"
- 95th
- 6'4"
n 14 (93% tested)small sample
- 5th
- 220 lb
- 25th
- 235 lb
- Median
- 237 lb
- 75th
- 241 lb
- 95th
- 245 lb
PPI
pounds carried per inch of frame
n 14 (93% tested)small sample
- 5th
- 3.01
- 25th
- 3.13
- Median
- 3.21
- 75th
- 3.26
- 95th
- 3.35
About this data
- 2021 numbers are pro-day results — no combine was held that year (about 47% of this group).
- Missing values aren’t random: top prospects skip drills. Bench press (reps): 47% of long snappers tested.
- Full mapping rules, metric definitions, and provenance: Methodology