Behind the Mask: Charlie Flint

CHARLIE FLINT | Long-Snapper | Pembroke, Ga. (Bryan County HS)

Charlie Flint picked up long-snapping by accident.

"Nobody else wanted to snap in middle school, so that's when I stepped in. I thought I'd give it a shot. I actually snapped the ball with one hand," he explained.

"When I got to high school, they told me to put my other hand on the ball. And the rest is history.

"I kinda just did my own thing in middle school and got the ball back there, but Coach Nesmith, my freshman year, was the one who told me to put two hands on the ball."

Like many long-snappers, Flint viewed this skill as his ticket to college football.

"I was actually an all-region offensive tackle in high school. But I was on…