Um , compared to when I was in high school and playing a different position . So that was a transition in , in itself to be able to get used to understanding and how to mentally go through the game and be able to understand like , hey , this is what you need to do to prepare and be able to stay locked into the , the whole course of the game . Um Besides that fact , there's a lot of other things that you have to understand of , hey , your job is just as important as it is as a wide receiver that's catching the touchdown or anything like that because you're still putting up points on the board or you're playing defense , um , by pinning them inside the , the 20 yard line or the five yard line , whatever you can on punt because that's the way that you're gonna be able to help them out .
So I wasn't necessarily always the biggest or the fastest , but I knew what I could do good and I knew what I was the best at and I really dove into those , those factors , whether it be footwork or whether it be the smallest details of hand placement . Um And that still transitions to my position today of being a specialist . I'm very pinpoint on whatever I do because releasing the ball here versus here on my snap is a matter of a foot back when the punter catches it or when the holder is catching it for the field goal .
And when we sent it out , we were kind of double dipping and sending it out to the college coaches and showing both of us , uh at the same time . So transitioning from being in high school and taking a role as a center , um , and also long snapping at the same time , uh going to college and only long snapping was kind of a shift for me because I went from being on the field , about 6070 plays a game between long snapping and being a center versus now , I'm only on the field . My max max game I think was like 14 to 16 snaps .
I , I would wanna give myself , um , or any younger athlete for that . That case says I know there's gonna be certain times in , in your athletic career that are , are gonna be tempting to be able to go different route or go different ways or anything like that . Um But stick with it , it's gonna be able to pay off .
Ok over the course of the season , you only scrip once and that's , that's basically minimalizing anything that you can do because we don't have 6070 plays over a course of a game to , to be able to make up for that one play that we miss like it's , you gotta do it now and that it all starts in practice and all starts doing those little things right on your own when everybody's not watching because specialists , you , you only have so many opportunities . One thing that I noticed that helped me get a little bit further in my career um and just put that little step up above anybody else that was there is I focus on the details . So I wasn't necessarily always the biggest or the fastest , but I knew what I could do good and I knew what I was the best at and I really dove into those , those factors , whether it be footwork or whether it be the smallest details of hand placement .
