Recap of the WA Spring Camp (3/18/18)

Rubio Long Snapping traveled to WA on March 18th, 2018 for their fall camp. Rubio Long Snapping will be traveling around the country this spring with stops in CA, NC, WA, NJ, AZ, IL, GA and TX with all camps leading right into VEGAS XXXII on May 12-13, 2018!

Long Snappers from seven states and two countries all traveled to this camp to get the best instruction and exposure in the world of Long Snapping. The camp was overflowing with talent with many committed seniors and also tons of new Long Snappers.

The overall champions of the camp were Matt Tokos (speed) and Bryce Felt (overall). Felt came on very strong in the end and handled pressure like a true champion. His misses (not a lot of them, obviously) were all close to scoring and I am very impressed with how quickly he is improving! Felt represented the class of 2020 extremely well and I am proud how he handled himself coming up the Northwest from CA.

Tokos, Rubio & Felt

You can see the full finals video with Bryce Felt, Dalton Riggs, Jack Laurin, Tom Schnitzer, JJ Lindsay and Austin Duelman, below…

TOP 2018 LONG SNAPPERS

Matt Tokos

Matt Tokos was the speed champion with a great pressure snap under .69! His ball is very tight and he snaps well on a cadence. Tokos has an excellent attitude and is always improving. He is going to make his college coach very happy for four to five years.

Kellen Dyer snaps a smooth and accurate ball with good consistency of his speed. He has the ability to get the ball back to the punter under .80 when he is really trusting his form and ripping the ball back to the punter. The more he improves his frame and athleticism, the better he will be in college.

TOP 2019 LONG SNAPPERS

James Durr

James Durr was on fire all day in WA and seemed to get better as the day progressed. He was very consistently snapping in the high .8s and he moved well on his feet. Very intrigued to watch him under a massive amount of pressure at VEGAS XXXII in May.

Walker Harden has a great frame and his built extremely well. Snaps the ball hard and when the spiral is on, it is in the low .7s. Tremendous potential.

JJ Lindsay is a smooth lefty with an accurate ball. Really driving his chest through and making sure his spiral is locked down will help him a ton. Great kid.

Dalton Riggs is absolutely dripping with potential. Excellent frame and his upper body is extremely quick. If he can get his legs to match his upper body in quickness, he will end up putting a hole in the punter. When it clicks for this kid, he will dominate.

Josiah Hirsch is a big, thick Long Snapper with good form and a great personality. The harder he snaps, the better he does. Confidence is going to be huge for Josiah.

Alex Sheehan was impressive with good form and great speed. Locking down his spiral is going to be a massive key for him.

Notables: Austin Dueman, Gavin Gately, Neo Sather, Tyler Sato and Drew Maycumber

TOP 2020 LONG SNAPPERS

Grayson Pibal

Grayson Pibal was extremely smooth and almost hypnotic with how smooth his snaps were throughout the whole day. Built very long with a frame that can easily put on 50 lbs over the next couple of years. The quicker he gets the ball out of the gate, the better he will be in the long run.

Cameron Landes is also another very long athlete that was smooth with his snaps and on his feet. The bigger he gets and the harder he snaps will easily make Landes one of the top Long Snappers in his class.

Jack Laurin was smooth and was handling pressure very well. Made it deep into the finals and was close to winning it all. Like to see him focus on getting his butt up just a tad so his whole snapping motion is quicker.

Michael Tokos had some of the quickest hands at the camp. It was almost hard to time him during the speed competition. Like to see Tokos get his elbows more involved and really lock down the spiral.

Notables: Dakota Lepine, Tommy Sullivan

TOP 2021 and Beyond LONG SNAPPERS

Jesse Tomica

Jesse Tomica had a great attitude, moved well on his feet and was consistent with his snaps right around .85 at 15 yards. Good upside and I definitely like what I saw out of Tomica in WA.

Kayden Roxburgh showed good consistency and some solid form. Good attitude.

Carson Jensen had a great attitude and snapped with some good speed on the ball. Very good upside.

Jackson Plieth was impressive all day and is always improving.

Notables: Henry Higham, Hunter Higham, Sean Chaney, Spencer Gouge

Here are the RSI Scores from the WA camp and how they compared to CA & NC….

Chaney, Sean

22

     

2022 – 2025

Dueman, Austin

19

  20.00

2019

Durr, James

19

  14.46

2019

Dyer, Kellen

18

  28.92

2018 – JC

Felt, Bryce

20

  32.91

2020

Ford, Tyee

22

  7.50

2022 – 2025

Gately, Gavin

19

  3.61

2019

Gouge, Spencer

22

     

2022 – 2025

Hardan, Walker

19

  17.05

2019

Higham, Henry

23

     

2022 – 2025

Higham, Hunter

23

  18.29

2022 – 2025

Hirsch, Josiah

19

  16.67

2019

Jensen, Carson

21

  3.70

2021

Landes, Cameron

20

  14.29

2020

Laurin, Jack

20

  28.42

2020

Lepine, Dakota

20

  3.53

2020

Lindsay, JJ

19

  20.93

2019

Marra, Mario

17

  2.94

2018 – JC

Maycumber, Drew

19

  2.97

2019

Pibal, Grayson

20

  18.26

2020

Plieth, Jackson

22

     

2022 – 2025

Riggs, Dalton

19

  30.61

2019

Roxburgh, Kayden

21

  6.00

2021

Roy, Evan

20

     

2020

Sather, Neo

19

  14.02

2019

Sato, Tyler

19

  3.00

2019

Schnitzler, Tom

19

  23.58

2019

Sheehan, Alex

19

  7.96

2019

Sullivan, Tommy

20

     

2020

Tokos, Matthew

18

  8.91

2018 – JC

Tokos, Michael

20

  16.67

2020

Tomica, Jesse

21

  5.83

2021

Rubio Long Snapping is, by far, the biggest and best resource for Long Snappers in the country. Rubio has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, Deadspin and countless other publications.

Offering the best instruction and most exposure in the world, Rubio Long Snapping can help you to become the best snapper you can be!

In just 12 years, Chris Rubio, President and Owner of Rubio Long Snapping, has become the #1 Long Snapping instructor in the country and the go-to man when a college coach needs a Long Snapper. Colleges from across the country rely on “Rubio’s” word day in and day out on who the best Long Snappers are in the country. Rubio Long Snapping has assisted in over 300 Long Snappers earning FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to major colleges and universities just for Long Snapping and many into the NFL as well.

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RSI Scores from the WA Spring Camp (3/19/17)

Babcock, Justin 18 OR 15.00 2018
Black, Dylan 19 NV 28.57 2019
Bonifacio, Ethan 19 WA 10.23 2019
Carrier, Caleb 20 CAN 10.34 2020
Claridge, Devin 21 WA 0 2021 – 2024
Clements, Cody 17 WA 40.54 2017 – JC
Decaprio, Anna 22 WA 17.65 2021 – 2024
Durr, James 19 WA 0 2019
Dvorchik, Evan 18 FL 24 2018
Dyer, Kellen 18 ID 15.58 2018
Eckert, Alec 21 ID 30.34 2021 – 2024
Gately, Gavin 19 OR 0 2019
Gorski, Blake 22 WA 0 2021 – 2024
Green, Bradley 18 WA 9.68 2018
Hawkins, Kameron 20 CA 39.76 2020
Higham, Hunter 23 ID 3.06 2021 – 2024
Hirsch, Josiah 19 OR 2019
Jenkis, Zack 17 WA 3.53 2017 – JC
Landes, Cameron 20 WA 10.98 2020
Laurin, Jack 20 CAN 9.57 2020
Laveroni, Anthony 17 WA 2017 – JC
Luce, Spencer 18 WA 11.39 2018
Maycumber, Drew 19 WA 9.89 2019
McPheron, Flynn 18 WA 32.26 2018
Montoya, Jacob 19 NM 2019
Phillips, Crewe 19 ID 12.00 2019
Pibal, Grayson 20 OR 9.89 2020
Plieth, Jackson 22 WA 2021 – 2024
Rogers, Seth 18 CAN 21.43 2018
Sather, Neo 19 CO 9.47 2019
Schumock, Ben 20 WA 6.52 2020
Torres, Jacob 18 ID 2018
Wright, Jake 19 WA 13.79 2019


Starting this spring, all Rubio Long Snapping camps will feature a shortened version of the VEGAS testing format. Once the Long Snapper has completed the test, they earn an RSI which is the fairest and most accurate way to judge a Long Snapper by numbers. Once you register, for a Rubio Long Snapping camp, a full, detailed explanation will be in your confirmation email.

Each Long Snapper will now be tested on The Rubio Long Snapping Target with one snap per section instead of three. Meaning, you get one regular snap, one block left, one block right, and one speed for both punt snaps and short snaps to total eight snaps. Therefore, at the end of testing, the RSI will be tripled to reveal the participants’ RSI for that particular camp. Trust me, I do get that a Regional Camp RSI will not be the exact same as a VEGAS Event RSI for several reasons (length of test, pressure of Vegas, etc.) but it will pretty darn close and definitely fair. 

The RSI is an excellent way for a participant to truly show how good of a Long Snapper they are as it balances the accuracy along with the speed of the ball, plus it will show how well the Long Snapper grows through each and every Rubio Long Snapping camp. Also, the RSI‘s will be posted on each Long Snappers profile after every camp they attend.  Please note: the RSI does not account for athleticism, spiral or mentality.

RSI‘s can range from zero to basically 80 (if a Long Snapper was to get a score 48 points and averaged .65 on their punt snaps). I believe the highest I have ever encountered a 60.61 by Kasey Kelleher at VEGAS XXIX. The 12 finalists at VEGAS XXIX all had above 50’s on their RSI and that was a record. A 30 is usually pretty darn solid. 

Please Note: The RSI is not completely how your Rubio Long Snapping ranking will be calculated as there are many factors to being a great Long Snapper. The main things that each Long Snapper will be ranked on are the following:

  • Speed (should be less than .75 for a 15 yard punt snap)
  • Accuracy (all snaps should be in The Rubio Zone)
  • Consistency (a college coach is going to want to see how consistent you are with your speed…if you can snap a .75, your snaps should be right around there, well, consistently)
  • Mentality (how well do you handle pressure)
  • Athleticism (do you move well or does it look like you are in pain when moving)
  • Size (an ideal Long Snapper would be about 6’3″ and 235)
  • Spiral (does the ball look pretty, slice through the wind and easy to catch)
  • Blocking (will you be able to withstand a major college rush) If you have ever been to a Rubio Long Snapping Vegas Event, you know that one of the main parts of competition day is when each Long Snapper gets tested on The Rubio Long Snapping Target.

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Rubio Long Snapping is, by far, the biggest and best resource for Long Snappers in the country. Rubio has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, Deadspin and countless other publications.

Offering the best instruction and most exposure in the world, Rubio Long Snapping can help you to become the best snapper you can be!

In just 12 years, Chris Rubio, President and Owner of Rubio Long Snapping, has become the #1 Long Snapping instructor in the country and the go-to man when a college coach needs a Long Snapper. Colleges from across the country rely on “Rubio’s” word day in and day out on who the best Long Snappers are in the country. Rubio Long Snapping has assisted in over 300 Long Snappers earning FULL SCHOLARSHIPS to major colleges and universities just for Long Snapping and many into the NFL as well.

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