Even before they arrive at college, long snappers have a different experience in the recruiting world.

Most snappers aren’t the heralded blue-chip recruits that fans are raving about on message boards across the Internet.

“It’s definitely different,” Kluver said. “You’re not getting all the graphics made for you. You’re not getting whole fan bases to follow you on Twitter, come after you, and everyone’s really trying to get you there. No one really knows who you are.”

Instead, they make their names known through camps.

While Subbert played tight end and defensive end in high school and Kluver was a linebacker with opportunities to play at Division II schools, both found that snapping presented them with a better chance to play at the Division I level.

From there, they performed at camps and eventually found their way onto Iowa’s radar.

When Kluver arrived in Iowa City, things were unsurprisingly different from other position groups.

Kluver said that before current special teams coordinator LeVar Woods took over, there was just a full-time assistant who served as a supervisor for the specialists.

Outside of that, the group held their own meetings and did their own things at practice when the punt or field-goal units weren’t called upon.

For the entirety of Subbert’s time as a starter, though, Woods has been there with him, and he sees the continuity of consistency from Kluver to Subbert.

“What’s impressed me about [Subbert] is that his first game last year, the first opponent was his first game playing,” Woods said. “He hadn’t taken a snap any other time. So, to be able to be thrust in the situation and be able to handle some of the things he did, I thought was pretty impressive.”