If you don’t like feeling old, you probably won’t like hearing about 2029 quarterback Walker Snee. Already standing at around 6-2 and 190 pounds, Snee is demanding the attention of several college programs early, and that is without having played a single snap of high school football yet.
Snee is set to play for New Jersey power Bergen Catholic this fall, and he could have a shot at fighting for a starting spot with senior signal caller Dominic Campanile graduating and heading to play for FCS Holy Cross. Starting as a freshman at Bergen Catholic isn’t typical, but Snee feels like the type of talent who could be the outlier.
Without even playing high school football yet, he has already been offered a scholarship by the University of Syracuse. Getting a Power Four offer as an eighth grader is quite the accomplishment. Believe it or not, Snee might be an even better baseball player and has been clocked on the mound at 90 miles per hour. His athletic feats have gone viral recently.
Now here’s where you all start feeling old. If the name Snee sounds familiar, it is because his father was New York Giants All-Pro offensive guard Chris Snee. The former Boston College standout was a second round selection by the Giants back in the 2004 NFL Draft, the same draft where the team selected quarterback Eli Manning with the No. 1 overall selection.
That class, including Snee, was a big reason that the Giants were able to win two super bowls. Snee was a key figure to help the team defeat the New England Patriots twice in Super Bowl XLII and XLVI. That team was built on great defense and strong offensive line play.
During Snee’s 10-year career in New York, he started all 141 games that he played in. The 6-3, 305-pound lineman earned four Pro Bowl Honors, and was named an All-Pro once as well. His final season was cut short in 2013 due to a hip injury, and he eventually opted to retire at just 31 years old.
It appears that Snee’s talent has certainly been passed on to his son Walker, and he might end up being an even better athlete. The New Jersey prodigy will be someone for recruiting fans to follow closely. Snee looks like the next great player to come out of the Bergen Catholic hotbed of talent.
