37 Brandon Snyder
DB 6-1 210 So.
Larchwood, IA West Lyon
Hawk Item - - Named Male Iowa High School Athlete of the Year as a senior by the Des Moines Register . . . Sioux City Journal Athlete of the Year and ABC Channel 9 Athlete of the Year as a senior . . . Ed Thomas Award recipient.
2015 Honors - - Team Hustle Award, defense . . . Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2015 - - Saw action in all 14 games, recording 11 tackles . . . saw action in 31-14 win over Illinois State, recording one solo tackle and two assists as defense allowed 35 net rushing yards and 231 yards total offense . . . saw action in 31-17 win at Iowa State, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed no points and just 66 yards total offense in the second half . . . saw action in 27-24 win over Pitt, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 55 net rushing yards and 282 yards total offense . . . saw action in 62-16 win over North Texas, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 10-6 win at Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 29-20 win over Illinois, recording one solo tackle and two assists as defense allowed just 446 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 40-10 win at Northwestern, recording three solo tackles as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 198 yards total offense . . . also partially blocked a Northwestern punt . . . saw action in 31-15 win over Maryland, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 35-27 win at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 40-35 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 40-20 win over Purdue, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 28-20 win at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 16-13 loss to Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford, recording one assisted tackle.
2014 Honors - - Team Leader Award, defense . . . Team Leader Award, special teams . . . 2014 - - Redshirted after joining the team as a walk-on.
High school honors - - Named Class A Player of the Year by Iowa Newspaper Association . . . first team all-state by Iowa Newspaper Association and Des Moines Register as a senior . . . first team all-district and district offensive MVP as a senior . . . Most Valuable Player of Class A state championship game as a senior after leading team to state title and perfect 14-0 record. . . first team all-state by Des Moines Register and second team all-state by Iowa Newspaper Association as a junior . . . earned all-district honors on defense as a junior, while starting at quarterback, defensive back and placekicker . . . all-district special teams MVP as a sophomore . . . played defensive back and was kicker as a ninth grader as team won Class A state title . . . Career - - Starter at quarterback and defensive back, along with placekicking duties, as a senior . . . rushed for 878 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior, while passing for 611 yards and 11 touchdowns, despite missing three games due to injury . . . was successful on 53-58 PAT attempts as kicker, along with making all three field goal attempts, with a long of 51 yards . . . rushed seven times for 181 yards and two touchdowns in title game, scoring on runs of 34 and 60 yards . . . also completed 4-5 passes for 110 yards and one touchdown, while making all seven PAT kicks . . . also lettered in basketball (4), golf (3), baseball (2), and track (2) . . . Iowa Newspaper Association Class 1A basketball Player of the Year as a senior . . . unanimous first team all-conference in basketball for three straight seasons . . . all-state in basketball as junior and senior . . . career totals include over 1,300 points and over 500 assists . . . led prep team to state title and first-ever state tournament appearance . . . captain of state tournament all-tournament team . . . first team all-conference and all-district shortstop in baseball as a sophomore . . . earned all-conference honors in golf as a sophomore and junior . . . placed sixth in state golf tournament as individual in leading team to third place finish at state . . . qualified for state track meet in four events as a senior, placing in three of the four events.
Personal - - Born 6/14/95 . . . open major . . . parents are Sheri and Tim Snyder . . . member of National Honor Society . . . held No. 1 academic ranking (4.0 GPA) in class of 53 students . . . earned academic all-district and all-state recognition as a senior . . . attended same high school as OL Jake Newborg . . . high school coach was Jay Rozeboom.
DB 6-1 210 So.
Larchwood, IA West Lyon
Hawk Item - - Named Male Iowa High School Athlete of the Year as a senior by the Des Moines Register . . . Sioux City Journal Athlete of the Year and ABC Channel 9 Athlete of the Year as a senior . . . Ed Thomas Award recipient.
2015 Honors - - Team Hustle Award, defense . . . Academic All-Big Ten . . . 2015 - - Saw action in all 14 games, recording 11 tackles . . . saw action in 31-14 win over Illinois State, recording one solo tackle and two assists as defense allowed 35 net rushing yards and 231 yards total offense . . . saw action in 31-17 win at Iowa State, recording one solo tackle as defense allowed no points and just 66 yards total offense in the second half . . . saw action in 27-24 win over Pitt, but had no statistics as defense allowed just 55 net rushing yards and 282 yards total offense . . . saw action in 62-16 win over North Texas, but had no statistics . . . saw action on special teams in 10-6 win at Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 29-20 win over Illinois, recording one solo tackle and two assists as defense allowed just 446 net rushing yards . . . saw action in 40-10 win at Northwestern, recording three solo tackles as defense allowed just 51 net rushing yards and 198 yards total offense . . . also partially blocked a Northwestern punt . . . saw action in 31-15 win over Maryland, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 35-27 win at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 40-35 win over Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 40-20 win over Purdue, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 28-20 win at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 16-13 loss to Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford, recording one assisted tackle.
2014 Honors - - Team Leader Award, defense . . . Team Leader Award, special teams . . . 2014 - - Redshirted after joining the team as a walk-on.
High school honors - - Named Class A Player of the Year by Iowa Newspaper Association . . . first team all-state by Iowa Newspaper Association and Des Moines Register as a senior . . . first team all-district and district offensive MVP as a senior . . . Most Valuable Player of Class A state championship game as a senior after leading team to state title and perfect 14-0 record. . . first team all-state by Des Moines Register and second team all-state by Iowa Newspaper Association as a junior . . . earned all-district honors on defense as a junior, while starting at quarterback, defensive back and placekicker . . . all-district special teams MVP as a sophomore . . . played defensive back and was kicker as a ninth grader as team won Class A state title . . . Career - - Starter at quarterback and defensive back, along with placekicking duties, as a senior . . . rushed for 878 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior, while passing for 611 yards and 11 touchdowns, despite missing three games due to injury . . . was successful on 53-58 PAT attempts as kicker, along with making all three field goal attempts, with a long of 51 yards . . . rushed seven times for 181 yards and two touchdowns in title game, scoring on runs of 34 and 60 yards . . . also completed 4-5 passes for 110 yards and one touchdown, while making all seven PAT kicks . . . also lettered in basketball (4), golf (3), baseball (2), and track (2) . . . Iowa Newspaper Association Class 1A basketball Player of the Year as a senior . . . unanimous first team all-conference in basketball for three straight seasons . . . all-state in basketball as junior and senior . . . career totals include over 1,300 points and over 500 assists . . . led prep team to state title and first-ever state tournament appearance . . . captain of state tournament all-tournament team . . . first team all-conference and all-district shortstop in baseball as a sophomore . . . earned all-conference honors in golf as a sophomore and junior . . . placed sixth in state golf tournament as individual in leading team to third place finish at state . . . qualified for state track meet in four events as a senior, placing in three of the four events.
Personal - - Born 6/14/95 . . . open major . . . parents are Sheri and Tim Snyder . . . member of National Honor Society . . . held No. 1 academic ranking (4.0 GPA) in class of 53 students . . . earned academic all-district and all-state recognition as a senior . . . attended same high school as OL Jake Newborg . . . high school coach was Jay Rozeboom.
