Jake McQuaide
Jacob McQuaide is an American professional football long snapper for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. After playing college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, McQuaide began his pro career when he was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2011. After 10 seasons with the Rams, McQuaide continued his professional career spending time on the rosters of six other NFL teams over four seasons before returning to the Rams in 2025. McQuaide and offensive tackle Rob Havenstein are the only two Rams players from its time in St. Louis that are currently with the team.
Early life
McQuaide attended Elder High School. As a sophomore, he contributed to the football team winning an OHSAA State Championship. As a senior, he had 10 receptions for 125 yards at tight end. He also lettered in basketball.He walked-on at Ohio State University. As a redshirt freshman, he was rotated in the first seven games at long snapper, along with seniors Dimitrios Makridis and Jackson Haas. He was removed from the rotation the rest of the season because of inconsistency issues and did not play in the last six contests.
As a sophomore, he was named the team's long snapper for punts and placement kicks, while earning a football scholarship.
During his college career, he remained as team's long snapper, but was never able to take snaps or record any stats at the tight end position. He was a part of three Big Ten Conference championships.
Professional career
St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams
McQuaide was signed as an undrafted free agent by the St. Louis Rams after the 2011 NFL draft on July 29. As a rookie, he beat Chris Massey for the long snapper job.He served as the Rams' long snapper in every game from 2011 to 2020. As a member of the Los Angeles Rams, McQuaide was selected to his first Pro Bowl as a "need" player on January 18, 2017. He was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl as a "need" player on January 17, 2018.
On March 9, 2018, McQuaide signed a three-year contract extension with the Rams through the 2020 season. During his time with the Rams, he appeared in all 160 regular season games through his first ten seasons and made 10 special teams tackles.
Dallas Cowboys
On March 22, 2021, McQuaide signed with the Dallas Cowboys to replace long snapper L. P. Ladouceur, reuniting with special teams coordinator John Fassel, who was his coach with the Rams, along with his former teammate placekicker Greg Zuerlein.On March 14, 2022, McQuaide re-signed with Dallas on a one-year contract. He was released in a planned move during final roster cuts on August 30, and re–signed on September 1, after players' allocations to the designated to return injured reserve list were official. In the fourth game against the Washington Commanders, he suffered a torn left triceps on his final snap. On October 4, 2022, McQuaide was placed on the injured reserve list, forcing him to miss the first games of his career. He was replaced with Matt Overton.