JR Carr is a TOP 12 Rubio Long Snapper from the Class of 2009!
What is your occupation?
Digital Marketing Agency Partner
Where do you live?
Encinitas, CA
Married? Kids?
Negative
What is your fondest memory of your time playing college football?
There are so many when looking back, that being said I’ll provide one that is top-of-mind some may not think would be.We would see movies on Friday nights before games at the theatres. As a kid, my dad had worked for USC Football, and they would do the same. He let me tag along and go to the movies, then later the team hotel. As a little kid I remember idolizing the guys who I got to go see a movie with (the players), then hop on the bus with back to the team hotel.In college, each time we walked out of the movie theatres, and got onto the bus I got that same feeling of being so wildly fortunate. It was a great moment of weekly reflection to enjoy the little things with teammates, support staff, coaches, family, etc.
If you could give ONE bit of advice to the current Rubio Long Snappers, what would it be? Snapping PARENTS, what would it be?
Current Rubio Long Snappers: There will be day where no one wants you on their team anymore. Meaning this moment you have is fleeting faster than you can ever imagine. Don’t get to high, don’t get too low, and embrace the ebbs and flows – You’ll look back loving both the good and bad the same.
Snapping PARENTS: Give space. Do you have to be at every lesson? Does your kid ever want to go alone or drive themselves? What I’m getting at is that your child’s inherent desire to want “this” must be greater than yours. Allow them to navigate a bit more solo, so when the time comes that they are alone, you have the utmost confidence they are where they want to be for their reasons.
When was the last time you snapped a ball and for what reason?
About a year ago – Soley for ego purposes to show friends I still had it.
If you could go back and play football in college again, would you go to the same school or a different one? Why?
100% going back to Tennessee again. Rubio always made a great point that the season is a few months long – you have to think about where you are living the rest of the year, and Knoxville is a great city.
Any regrets during college? Anything you wish you had done or hadn’t done?
No regrets – Probably a few late nights into early morning workouts my body wishes I did not do, but really attempted to be the best student athlete I could be.
What tremendous thing have you been a part of or experienced since you graduated?
Great question. When covid hit I used it as the opportunity while starting my current business to move to the Dominican Republic for a few years. It was amazing. DR is in EST and I worked PST so every morning I had ~2-3 hours of uninterrupted surfing in warm water. The people, the culture, all of it was incredibly special to be immersed in.
Rubio Long Snapping is, by far, the biggest and best resource for Long Snappers in the country. Rubio has been featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the USA Today, Deadspin, Sports Illustrated 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 20 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 1,850 Long Snappers earning full scholarships and preferred walk-on opportunities to major colleges and universities just for Long Snapping and many into the NFL as well.
