In high school, Fresno State long snapper Dylan Detwiler played center and defensive end and when the Hemet Bulldogs had to punt away the football or got to kick a field goal or an extra point, he was there to fire the football backward between his legs. He never really left the field.
And, yes, he does miss that. The collisions. The competition. Just, really, playing football. He misses that, he said, to a point.
“I see these guys out here at practice sometimes and I don’t miss it,” he joked.
But after three seasons playing strictly as a long snapper, Detwiler is getting a chance to get a little more of it.