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Carson Tinker has served as the Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper for the past three NFL seasons.

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Even though the first game of the 2016 NFL season is six months away, Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper Carson Tinker got some practice at his craft at a craft brewery on Thursday. Bold City Brewery tweeted a video of the former Alabama long snapper hiking the football into what looks to be a fermenter at their Jacksonville business.

Both Tinker and Bold City Brewery have been supporters of pet and animal organizations in Jacksonville -- Bold City Brewery through charitable events such as Mardi Paws and Pints for Pets and Tinker as the spokesman for TAILS.

TAILS stands for Teaching Animals and Inmates Life Skills. The program pairs shelter dogs with inmates at Montgomery Correctional Center in Jacksonville. The inmates work with the dogs to learn basic obedience to increase their chances of getting adopted while increasing the inmates' sense of responsibility and accountability.

"I've gotten to know some of the guys, actually," said Tinker, who spoke at the most recent TAILS graduation ceremony last month. "The dogs go in every six or nine weeks, but the guys are here for a little bit longer. I've been able to develop a relationship with those guys, and I'm just really glad to be a part of it. It's a really great experience."

Tinker served as the long snapper on Alabama's 2011 and 2012 BCS national championship teams. He's been the Jaguars' long snapper for three seasons.

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