CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – NC State’s long snapper Joe Shimko won the 2023 Patrick Mannelly Award presented by Zebra Technologies, the award given to the top collegiate long snapper in the nation.
 
A graduate student from Belmar, New Jersey, Shimko was a semifinalist for the award each of the last two years.
 
This season, Shimko has not had a bad snap out of a total of 125 snaps for the Wolfpacks’ special teams unit, snapping for 67 punts, 20 field goal attempts, and 38 extra-point attempts. He also registered a tackle in the road game at Duke.
 
Overall, NC State is 16-of-20 in field goals and 38-of-38 in extra-point tries on the season.
 
A 2022 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-American Second-Team selection, Shimko has delivered 600 snaps without a bad snap over 61 career games for the Wolfpack. He was also vital in former Wolfpack kicker Christopher Dunn’s NCAA record-setting, place-kicking career when he won the Lou Groza Award last year.
 
He is the first player from NC State to win the award and the second long snapper from the ACC to receive the honor, joining Pitt’s Cal Adomitis, who won the award in 2021.