HELLO AGAIN, EVERYBODY. KENTUCKY PREP FOOTBALL. YOU ALMOST NEVER HEAR ABOUT THE STUDENT ATHLETES WHO PLAY THE POSITION OF LONG SNAPPER. USUALLY THEY ARE ONLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. OTHERWISE, THEY’RE ALMOST ALWAYS UNDER RADAR. YET IT’S A VERY VALID POSITION BY COACHES. THE ANONYMITY IS TOTALLY OKAY FOR SYNNEX LONG SNAPPER ANDREW CROSS WLKY CENTER. SURE ENOUGH SAYS CROSS IS SO DEPENDABLE THE COACHES REALLY NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM. HE’S AN ELITE LEVEL PLAYER FOR WHAT HE ON THE FIELD. NEXT HEAD COACH KEVIN WALLACE IS GLAD TO HAVE PLAYERS LIKE ANDREW CROSS ON HIS ROSTER. THE THING THAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT ANDREW IS HOW SERIOUS HE’S TAKING THE LEAGUE STAFF AND CRAFT BECAUSE HE’S IMPROVED THAT CRAFT FOR THE TIME THAT HE’S BEEN HERE. CROSS IS EXTREMELY CONSISTENT AND THAT’S A BIG REASON WHY PRO KICKER AKAM HAS RATED THE SENIOR AS A FIVE STAR SPECIALIST EVERY DAY AFTER PRACTICE, I DRAGGED MYSELF IN THE BACKUP LONG SNAPPERS. OUT HERE WE GET SOME SNAPS AND PUNTS. WE JUST WORK ON EVERYTHING. AFTERWARDS. HE’S ALMOST LIKE A COACH FOR OUR YOUNGER, LONG SNAPPERS AND OUR TEAM REALLY ENJOYS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD HE’S WORKED TO. GET WHERE HE’S AT. CROSS HASN’T JUST WORKED ON HIS CRAFT AT PRACTICE OR AT CAMPS. HE HAS ALSO WORKED ON IT WHILE AT HOME. OUR DRIVEWAY JUST HAPPENS TO BE EXACTLY YARDS. SO IT KIND OF LET ITSELF TOO SNAPPING OUT THERE EVERY DAY WITH MY DAD. ALL THAT EFFORT HAS PAID OFF FOR THE NOTRE DAME COMMIT. I LOOK AROUND EVERY DAY AND THINK ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND GO, WHO’S THAT NEXT GUY? YOU KNOW, MAYBE ANDREW WILL KEEP WORKING WITH THOSE YOUNGER GUYS WHERE THEY’LL BE AS GOOD AS HE IS. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT CROSS CONTINUES TO DO AND A BIG REASON WHY HIS IMPACT WILL BE FELT AT SAINTS, EVEN