Tyler “Snoop” Huntley’s football life will come full circle when he leads the Dolphins’ offense against the Titans on Monday Night Football (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Huntley starred at Hallandale High School, just 7½ miles from Hard Rock Stadium. In 2012, a Hallandale assistant coach gave Huntley the nickname Snoop because the freshman — a skinny kid with long hair — bore a striking resemblance to Snoop Dogg.
While Huntley and the rapper both signed as undrafted free agents, Huntley’s career has been no April Fool’s joke. Here’s a snapshot of Miami’s new starting quarterback, who’ll make his 10th NFL start on Monday.
NFL: Has signed four pro contracts, none more important than the deal he inked just 18 days ago to join the Dolphins’ active roster from the Baltimore practice squad. A Pro Bowl replacement for Josh Allen in 2022, Huntley entered the NFL as a college free agent, signing with Baltimore after the 2020 NFL Draft. Spent his first four NFL seasons with the Ravens before signing as an unrestricted free agent with the Browns this past March. Cleveland terminated him the same week Green Bay acquired Malik Willis from Tennessee and Huntley rejoined the Ravens on a practice-squad contract. … On the field, after occasional cleanup duty in Ravens wins, made his first NFL start in a 16-13 win at Chicago, Nov. 21, 2021, for an injured Lamar Jackson. Wound up starting four games in 2021 and four games in 2022, then nearly upset the Bengals in the 2022 AFC Wild Card playoffs. Overall, has played 20 regular-season games with nine starts. Has a 79.0 career passer rating. Owns a 3-6 record as a starter.
College: Kyle Whittingham and the Utah Utes were on Huntley early in his Hallandale career and by the time other Power 5 schools finally came calling, Huntley remained loyal to Utah – even bringing with him Hallandale teammate Zack Moss. Once in Salt Lake City, Huntley played sparingly as a true freshman in 2016, then started his final three seasons, compiling a 33-10 record. Supplanted Utah’s incumbent starter as a 2017 sophomore and never looked back.
High school: Only a 19-minute drive west of Don Shula Drive, Hallandale was 34-10 in four years with Huntley as its starting quarterback. The 2015 Florida Gatorade Player of the Year, he threw for 3,636 yards and 42 touchdowns as a senior, leading his school to its first-ever berth in the 5A regional finals. Huntley threw for 468 yards and established the single-game state record with 71 pass attempts against St. Thomas Aquinas.