A steady veteran long snapper whose precision at Notre Dame carried into a decade-plus of NFL specialist work.
Scott Daly has quietly built a long career as one of the league's most dependable long snappers, a job he has held down for multiple franchises since breaking into the NFL with Detroit. The Notre Dame product's consistency has made him a trusted hand on special teams units across the league.
Path to the league
Daly started long snapping in the fifth grade and became Notre Dame's full-time long snapper as a sophomore in 2013, going on to post perfect snapping seasons as both a junior and a senior. He went undrafted in 2017 and spent a year out of football after a tryout with the Chicago Bears did not lead to a contract.
Career highlights
Daly signed with the Detroit Lions in 2021 and won the long snapper job that preseason, beating out 17-year veteran Don Muhlbach for the role. He went on to spend three seasons with the Lions before later long snapping for the Chicago Bears for two seasons, building a reputation as a durable, low-mistake specialist across more than 75 combined regular-season and playoff games.
2025 season recap
Daly spent the 2025 season as the Chicago Bears' long snapper, continuing his run as one of the league's steadier specialists on a Bears special teams unit that struggled overall that year.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Scott Daly
- Pro Football Rumors: Buccaneers To Sign LS Scott Daly
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Long Snapper
- Group
- specialTeam
- College
- Notre Dame
- Hometown
- Downers Grove, IL, USA
- Age
- 32
- Status
- active
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