Julian Ashby brings steady snap accuracy and leadership value to Vanderbilt-style special teams play
Ashby is a specialist worth caring about because long snapping is a low-glamour, high-leverage role, and he was good enough at Vanderbilt to become a 2025 seventh-round NFL draft pick by the Patriots, where he is listed as an active long snapper. His key differentiators are size, consistency, and special-teams reliability, plus reports that he brings locker-room leadership rather than just niche technical skill. For a team, he fits best if you want a dependable, pro-caliber snapper who can stabilize punt and field-goal operations.
