BYU’s steady specialist: Rayden Heintz brings depth, size, and snap security
Rayden Heintz enters the 2026 season as a sophomore long snapper/deep snapper at BYU, listed at 6-foot-0, 212 pounds, and is part of a specialist battle with Ty Smith on the depth chart[4][9][13]. He’s a transfer from Snow College, which hints at a player who has already done some growing up in the trenches of special teams and fits the “quietly essential” profile teams love[3][5][7]. Long snappers rarely light up stat sheets, so the key question is trust: if BYU wants clean operation on field goals, punts, and hidden-yardage plays, Heintz looks like a strong, competition-ready fit[2][4][9].
