
Tyler Griffiths is NC State’s low-profile, high-trust long snapper
Tyler Griffiths profiles as the kind of specialist coaches love: steady, technically sound, and built for a role where mistakes get noticed more than snaps do. He was a highly regarded prep long snapper out of Sun Valley High School, where he was ranked among the nation’s better specialists and also showed some defensive toughness, and NC State’s own spotlight on him emphasized that he embraces the no-drama, under-the-radar nature of the job. For a team, his appeal is reliability, poise, and specialist-grade consistency rather than box-score production.