Austin Brinkman

Austin Brinkman (born June 20, 2002) is an American professional football long snapper for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was signed by the Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2025.

Early life Brinkman is from Bel Air, Maryland. He began playing football and learned long snapping at a young age from his father, who later served as his coach in high school. He attended The John Carroll School, where he played football as a quarterback, defensive back, punter and long snapper. He also competed in basketball, lacrosse and track and field. Brinkman served as John Carroll's long snapper for three seasons and was also named first-team All-Harford as a senior at punter. Brinkman played in all 12 games in 2022, all 13 games in 2023, and 12 games in 2024. He was also named first-team Academic All-Big 12 in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

After going unselected in the 2025 NFL draft, Brinkman signed a three-year contract with the Houston Texans, including $110,000 guaranteed.