The Montreal Alouettes are set to re-sign wide receiver Tyler Snead to a new contract extension through the 2025 season on Wednesday according to The Canadian Press’s Dan Ralph. The new deal will feature $165,000 in new money.
Tyler Snead is five foot seven and weighs 174 pounds. The 24-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, attended training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022. Snead played three preseason games for the Steelers with five catches for 27 yards, one touchdown, and one carry for two yards.
Then, the Montreal Alouettes signed Snead on January 11, 2023. In 2023, Snead made 56 catches for 788 yards, five touchdowns, and four kick returns for 92 yards in 15 games helping the Alouettes win the 110th Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 2024, Snead made two catches for 62 yards, and one carry for five yards against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last Thursday but was placed on the six-game injured list with a foot injury.
Collegiately, Snead played four seasons at East Carolina (2018-21) making 201 passes for 2,385 yards, 18 touchdowns, 12 carries for 94 yards, one touchdown, completing four of six passes (67%) for six yards, three touchdowns, 60 kick returns for 1,268 yards, two touchdowns, and 37 punt returns for 260 yards in 37 games for the Pirates. In 2020, Snead was named to the Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors as both a receiver and return specialist.
In his senior year, Snead caught 67 passes for 860 yards, four touchdowns, completed three of five passes for 102 yards, two touchdowns, 17 kick returns for 378 yards, and 12 punt returns for 81 yards in 12 games. In 2021, he was named Fourth-Team Preseason All-America.
