When the Minnesota Vikings made Austin Cutting, a long snapper from the Air Force Academy, their final pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, it made a lot of people scratch their heads, and not just because the team had used a draft selection on a long snapper.
Generally, players that attend the service academies (West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy) are committed to at least two years of active duty service upon their graduation, and can then serve the remainder of their time in the reserves.
In a story by Chris Tomasson in the St.