Clark Harris sets Guinness World Record for longest snap
What a weekend for Cincinnati Bengals long snapper Clark Harris at the Pro Bowl in Orlando! First, he became a Guinness World Record title holder with the longest recorded snap ever - 36 yards, 8 inches - shattering the previous record of 33 yards.
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Clark Harris sets Guinness world record during Pro Bowl practice
Harris, 33, set the record for the world's longest snap over the weekend during practices for the Pro Bowl in Orlando. A representative from Guinness World Records was on hand to watch and make it official. Harris' best snap sailed 36 yards, 8 inches. He was handed a framed certificate by the Guinness representative who told him he was now "officially awesome."
For the record, Harris on the money
Four plays for $64,000. Maybe that should be a Guinness World Record and not the 36 yards Bengals long snapper Clark Harris flung last week at the Pro Bowl to make Guinness history for the longest snap of an American football. That’s how much Harris earned Sunday when the AFC beat the NFC, 24-23, in his first Pro Bowl as he ignored a game-long Orlando, Fla., rain to supply the winning point. His snap allowed the Steelers’ Chris Boswell to kick the PAT with 1:31 left after Titans tight end Delanie Walker’s 18-yard TD catch from Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tied it.
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