Rubio played before the rule changes in both anefel and college football that were put in place to protect the long snapper. Rubio earns his living these days with a company called rubio long snapping. He estimates he has trained more than a thousand long snappers who went on to play in college, some of whom also went to the nafel college. Coaches want a good long snapper but don't want to spend much time finding one - so they rely on Rubio's rankings.
Adam Smith famously argued that specialization is the key to prosperity. In the N.F.L., the long snapper is proof of that argument. Just in time for the Super Bowl, here’s everything there is to know about a job that didn’t used to exist.