Austin Brinkman

Brinkman is from Bel Air, Maryland. He began playing football and learned long snapping at a young age from his father, who later served as his coach in high school. He attended The John Carroll School, where he played football as a quarterback, defensive back, punter and long snapper. He also competed in basketball, lacrosse and track and field. Brinkman served as John Carroll's long snapper for three seasons and was also named first-team All-Harford as a senior at punter. After high school, he decided to play college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. ==College career==