They say “age before beauty” and that could be the motto of the NFL longsnapper too. Looking around the league’s current crop of specialty centers, most are over 30 or close to it. Detroit’s Don Muhlbach is almost as old as his name sounds, as he will turn 40 in August. Muhlbach went undrafted out of Texas A&M in 2004 and signed with a Lions team that was coached by Steve Mariucci, quarterbacked by Joey Harrington, and he was snapping to the legendary kicker Jason Hanson.
Now Muhlbach works with Dan Campbell, Jared Goff, and 24-year-old rookie Pro Bowl punter Jack Fox.