ACU’s 6-foot-3 long snapper is a developing special-teams piece
In the 2026 season, Braden Hawkins is listed as a 6-foot-3, 200-pound redshirt freshman long snapper for Abilene Christian after a 2025 redshirt year with no game action. His profile screams special-teams upside: long-snapping is a precision-and-consistency role, and his size gives him a sturdy frame for leverage and coverage work. There are no public game stats yet, so the key question is not production but reliability, technique, and whether he can become a clean, trusted snapper on Sundays-by-subdivision standards—if your team wants a developmental specialist, he’s the kind of low-drama, high-precision bet that can quietly matter.
