Carson Tinker, NFL Long Snapper

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

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Carson Tinker is a veteran NFL long snapper who played 6 seasons in the NFL with the Jaguars before being released on March 8, 2019. He played his college ball at Alabama, where he won three BCS national championships as a member of Nick Saban's club.

After going undrafted in 2013, Tinker signed with the Jaguars and has remained with the club for his entire 6 year NFL career.

In April of 2011, Tinker's story became national news when he was injured in a devastating Alabama tornado that ended up taking the life of his girlfriend Ashley. Carson suffered a broken wrist, a concussion, and other injuries but was able to return to play and contribute to the 2011 and 2012 title teams.

In 2015, he married Annie and together, the couple has a son named, Carson Jr, a.k.a. ‘Hootie’

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Carson about recovering from injury, his decision to go to Alabama and play for Nick Saban, how his faith has sustained him through the trials and especially in the aftermath of the 2011 tornado.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.2	This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Carson Tinker is brought to you by Compassion International.
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1:09.7	Today's guest on the podcast is Carson Tinker.
1:12.7	Carson spent six seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars as their long snapper.
1:18.2	And in college at Alabama won a national championship three times in the four seasons
1:23.8	that he played there with the Crimson Tide.
1:27.0	He is the author of the book A Season to
1:29.2	Remember, Faith in the midst of the Storm. And Carson is now married to his wife Annie and has a son,
1:36.3	Carson slash Hooty Tinker. They call him Hootie, their little boy. And this is a fun podcast.
1:42.2	Carson's a great dude. And I really enjoy talking to him.
1:45.4	But sometimes as it just happens here on the podcast, we tape our interviews and we taped it in
1:51.5	late February. And here we are March 10th as we released this, March 11th, I should say. And just a
1:56.9	couple days ago, on March 8th, Carson Tinker was released by the Jaguars.
2:02.2	So in the news, he's actually now a former long snapper with the Jaguars.
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