Running back, Virginia, 2002–06
Jason Snelling
- Born
- Dec 29, 1983, in Toms River, New Jersey
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Jason Snelling played running back at Virginia (2002–06). The Atlanta Falcons took Snelling in round 7, No. 244 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
131rushing yards, best game on filevs. North Carolina, 20062rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. NC State, 20066catches, best game on filevs. Miami, 2006Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Game by game
2006 Virginia 11 games, 772 rushing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Pittsburgh | L 13–38 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Western Michigan | L 10–17 | 14 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Georgia Tech | L 7–24 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Duke | W 37–0 | 18 | 92 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 7 | at East Carolina | L 21–31 | 16 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Maryland | L 26–28 | 21 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. North Carolina | W 23–0 | 19 | 131 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. NC State | W 14–7 | 20 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Florida State | L 0–33 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Miami | W 17–7 | 28 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Virginia Tech | L 0–17 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
2005 Virginia 10 games, 325 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs.Western Michigan | W 31–19 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Syracuse | W 27–24 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Duke | W 38–7 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atMaryland | L 33–45 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Boston College | L 17–28 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Florida State | W 26–21 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Temple | W 51–3 | 17 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 27–17 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 14–52 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atMiami | L 17–25 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
2004 Virginia 6 games, 189 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | atTemple | W 44–14 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs.North Carolina | W 56–24 | 8 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Akron | W 51–0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 25 | vs.Syracuse | W 31–10 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | atVirginia Tech | L 10–24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 34–37 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 | Combine or pro day 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅛″ | |
| Weight | 230 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.80 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 s | |
| Vertical jump | 30″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.06 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.37 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 93 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Atlanta Falcons | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 93 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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