Career Accolades
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2017, 2018)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District (2017, 2019)
• Member of Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019)
As a Senior (2019)
• Patrick Mannelly Award semifinalist
• Member of Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019)
• Played in all 12 games as the starting long snapper
• Made one tackle
As a Junior (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Played in all 13 gamesÂ
• Finished with three tackles (two solo)
• One tackle in win over USC (Sept. 8)
• Solo tackle in win at Cal (Dec. 1)
• Solo tackle in Sun Bowl win over Pitt (Dec. 31)
As a Sophomore (2017)
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Played in all 14 gamesÂ
• Solo tackle vs. UCLA
As a Freshman (2016)
• Played in all 13 games
• Starting long snapper
The McNitzky File
• Played at MacArthur (Texas) under head coach Ben Cook
   • Varsity letters in football (3)
• Nation's second-best long snapper by 247Sports, fourth by ESPN
• 2015 Team Kohls All-America second team
• 2014 Team Kohls All-America first team
• 2015 Texas Super Snapper
• 2013 Texas Super Snapper
• 2012 Texas Super Snapper
• San Antonio All-Star Game participant
• 2015 academic all-state first team
• 2015 team captain
• Started all 32 games of varsity career
• National Honor Society
• Spanish Honor Society
• Full name is Richard Joseph McNitzky
• Born in Corpus Christi, Texas
• Son of Rich and Monica McNitzky
• One sister, Catherine
• Grandfather, Ed Messbarger, played football at Northwest Missouri State
• Grandfather, Adam McNitzky, played football at North Texas State
• Uncle, Jerry Hamrick, played football at Houston
• Uncle, Larry Harvey, played football at Texas A&I
• Uncle, David McNitzky, played tennis at Southwestern
• Uncle, Michael McNitzky, played tennis at Rice
• Cousin, Heath Hamrick, played football at Trinity
• Cousin, Hunter Hamrick, played football at Mary Hardin Baylor
• Cousin, Eddie Messbarger, played basketball at Angelo State
• Cousin, Nolan Harvey, played basketball at UT Dallas
• Majoring in political science
