Jevan Snead

About Jevan Snead

Jevan Bryce Snead (born September 2, 1987, in San Angelo, Texas) is an American college football Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. He transferred to Ole Miss from the University of Texas at the end of the 2006 season.

While in high school, Snead originally committed to Florida but later decided to come to the University of Texas. Top high school recruit Tim Tebow later subsequently committed to Florida. Snead came to Texas as a highly touted high-school player, having been a prep All-American, two-time all-state player. Coming into the 2006 Texas Longhorn football season, he was competing for the starting role with redshirt freshman Colt McCoy. McCoy won the starting role, making Snead the back-up quarterback. Snead had played in seven of Texas' first 11 games, including playing most of the game against Kansas State University due to an injury to McCoy. On 1 December 2006, the Longhorns announced that Snead would transfer from Texas, and it was later announced that he will transfer to Ole Miss to play. Due to NCAA transfer rules, Snead was able practice with the Ole Miss team in 2007, but could not play in a game until the 2008 season.

Jevan Snead is a prep All-American, two-time all-state and two-time all-district performer for Stephenville (Texas) High School, who finished his high school career with a 23-2 (.920) record as a starter. As a senior, he was named to the 2006 Parade All-America team. He was also listed as a second-team All-American by EA Sports and he earned an invitation to the Elite 11 Quarterback Camp. Snead was selected to the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and finished the game with the second-most passing yards in the history of that game, as he threw for 147 yards and two TDs.