Matt Snider

{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}

{{For|the actor and Civil War veteran|Matt B. Snyder}}

{{Distinguish|Myatt Snider}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Matt Snider

| image =

| number = 38, 44

| position = Fullback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1976|1|26}}

| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|9|1976|1|26}}

| death_place = San Diego, California

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 241

| high_school = Lower Merion (PA)

| college = Richmond

| undraftedyear = 1999

| pastteams =

• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|1999}})*
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1999|2000}})
• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2001}})
• Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2001|2002}})*

| 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.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The Carolina Panthers offered him an NFL free agent contract in April 1999, but he was waived from the Charlotte-based team in June.{{Cite news |last=Fowler |first=Scott |date=1999-04-19 |title=Terry Will Get Shot to Start Early |pages=20 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-terry-will-get-sh/129538684/ |access-date=2023-08-06}}{{Cite news |date=1999-06-22 |title=Panthers Sign 49ers Cornerback |pages=26 |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-panthers-sign-49e/129538827/ |access-date=2023-08-06}}

The Green Bay Packers then offered him a two-year contract in July 1999,{{cite press release|title=PACKERS CLAIM ROOKIES SNIDER, McBRIDE ON WAIVERS |publisher=Green Bay Packers |date=1999-07-02 |url=http://www.packers.com/news/releases/1999/07/07-02.html |access-date=2007-05-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121217/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/1999/07/07-02.html |archive-date=2007-09-29}} 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.packers.com/gameday/2000/08-26/| title=Green Bay vs. Cleveland Browns 08/26/00 - Packers win 34-33 |access-date=2007-05-21 |publisher=Green Bay Packers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102092704/http://www.packers.com/gameday/2000/08-26/ |archive-date=2006-11-02}}

He played two seasons for Green Bay, who released him at the start of the 2001 season.{{Cite web |title=Matt Snider Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/bio/_/id/2047/matt-snider |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=ESPN |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Matt Snider Career Stats - NFL |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/2047/matt-snider |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=ESPN |language=en}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.houstontexans.com/team/texansteamhistory.asp |title=Texans Team History |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428062407/http://www.houstontexans.com/team/texansteamhistory.asp |archive-date=April 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Matt Snider NFL Stats and Bio - Pro Football Archives |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/snid00250.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=www.profootballarchives.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Mike |date=2020-01-27 |title=Kobe Bryant’s Lower Merion teammates and coaches knew it was all special |url=https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/kobe-bryant-lower-merions-aces-teammates-coaches-treatman-matt-snider-20200127.html |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}} Snider was also named to the first-team all Philadelphia Main Line roster.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}