Chris Rubio

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Chris Rubio
UCLA Bruins–No. 64
Position Long snapper
Class1997
Major History
Career history
High school Charter Oak High School

Chris Rubio is an American football trainer of long snappers. He works with high school long snappers and evaluates them for college football programs. [1] His Rubio's Long Snapping Camp is recognized as the longest-running long-snapping camp in the nation. [2]

Over the past 17 years, Rubio has helped over 1,000 long snappers play football in college and the NFL. [3] Rubio runs Long Snapping camps all around the US, with the premier event being held in Las Vegas, Nevada. His Las Vegas event has grown from about 15 participants in the mid-2000s to about 350 participants in 2018. [4] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he used virtual training sessions as his main coaching tool. [5] Rubio partners with Chris Sailer, who provides a similar service for placekickers and punters with Chris Sailer Kicking. [1] The two were teammates in college with the UCLA Bruins. [6]

He selects the participants for the US Army All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl each year. [7] Rubio is a co-founder of the Patrick Mannelly Award, given to the best Long Snapper at the Division I FBS level. [8] Over the last 15 years, Rubio has helped over 1,000 high school and junior college long snappers. [7] Alumni from Rubio’s camps include former and current NFL long snappers, such as Cole Mazza, Aaron Brewer, Jon Weeks, Taybor Pepper, Rick Lovato, Kameron Canaday, Reid Ferguson, Carson Tinker, Scott Daly, Camaron Cheeseman, Jon Cardona, and Christian Yount. [9] Rubio has helped to coach and sculpt two long snappers that were drafted in the past two years, Blake Ferguson and Thomas Fletcher. [10] [11]

One of Rubio's former students, Tanner Gibas, created a documentary about Rubio and his impact on the Long Snapping community. [12]

Recently, Rubio has been featured in an NFL Films show on Long Snapping (Long Snapping Bros: A Closer Look at "the Mannings of Long Snapping" | NFL Films Presents), a full episode on Freakonomics and is set to host The Rubio Method (a national tv show on men's health).

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  2. ↑ Williams, Doug (May 3, 2013). "Lines growing long at long-snapping camps". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rubio Long Snapping Bio". ChrisSailerKicking.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Kirshner, Alex (2018-04-19). "Why NFL teams still can't live without a long snapper". SBNation.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ↑ Tribune, Colton Clark, of the. "This 'Factory' stays running". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  6. ↑ Cacciola, Scott (August 24, 2013). "Guru of the Long Snap". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Rubio Long Snapping Homepage - The top overall Long Snapping camp in the world". rubiolongsnapping.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  8. ↑ Award, Patrick Mannelly. "Patrick Mannelly Award". Patrick Mannelly Award. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  9. ↑ "Rubio Long Snapping Awards - Over 95% of All Long Snapping Scholarships Each Year". rubiolongsnapping.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  10. ↑ writer, WILSON ALEXANDER | Staff. "After 8 years of Ferguson long snappers, LSU approaches end of era in College Football Playoff". The Advocate. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  11. ↑ "Roll Tide: Thomas Fletcher caps standout college football career | ClarkCountyToday.com" . Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  12. ↑ "New Documentary Explores The Art Of Long-Snapping And Its Guru, Chris Rubio". ThePostGame.com. 1969-12-31. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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