Indiana Football Long Snapper Makes 2025 Mannelly Award Watch List

The redshirt senior has been added to the Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List which is given annually to the nation's top long snapper.
Indiana Hoosiers long snapper Mark Langston (47) leaves the...
Indiana Hoosiers long snapper Mark Langston (47) leaves the... | SOPA Images/GettyImages

Indiana football long snapper Mark Langston has been named to the 2025 Patrick Mannelly Long Snapper Award Preseason Watch List. 

The award announced the Watch List on Monday night and features 30 long snappers in college football. It is given out annually to the best player at the position. 

The Award, created in 2019, benefits Bernie’s Book Bank, a non-profit organization located in Lake Bluff, Illinois. 

Langston a redshirt senior for the Hoosiers transferred from Georgia Southern in 2023 to Indiana last season after spending three seasons at Georgia Southern (2021-2023).

Before landing in Statesboro, Georgia he played at another Georgia school in Kennesaw State for two seasons in 2019 and 2020.

Mark Langston was one of the best long snappers in 2024, he started all 13 games for the Hoosiers, snapping on every extra point made by placekicker Nicolas Radicic who broke Indiana's single-season record with 69 made extra points.

The Savannah, Georgia native earned honorable mention All-Big Ten from the conference coaches and media in 2024.

The award will release the semifinalists and finalists at a later date and will reveal the winner in December.

Below is the full Watch List for the award. 

2025 Patrick Mannelly Long Snapper Award Watch List: 

Adam Booker, Miami

Beau Gardner, Georgia

Ben Anderson, Oklahoma

Ben Mann, Boston College

Bryce Robinson, Virginia

Christian Epling, Virginia Tech

Curtis Cooper, Duke

David Bird, Alabama

Drew Clausen, Iowa State

Dylan Black, Oregon State

Garrett Cates, USF

Garrison Grimes, BYU

Greg Tarr, Michigan

Hank Pepper, USC

Jacob Graham, Texas A&M

John Ferlmann, Ohio State

Kevin Gallic, Nebraska

Lane Hansen, Illinois

Luke Basso, Oregon

Mark Langston, Indiana

Mason Arnold, Florida State

Mason Hutton, Boise State

Morgan Tribbett, SMU

Nick Levy, Wisconsin

Rocco Underwood, Florida 

Shai Kochav, Louisville

Shea Freibaum, Oklahoma State

Spencer Triplett, UNC

Tyler Duzansky, Penn State 

Wesley Brown, Fresno State