Jordan Butler gets it. He knows as a long snapper that his recruitment will be a little different than most recruits, including his teammate, athlete Christian Kirk.

He doesn't have any scholarships and mostly hears about walk-on spots and preferred walk-on roles at schools like Minnesota, Missouri, UMass and Cincinnati. That's OK with him, though, because he knows he has to work for everything at his position.

Butler transitioned from center to long snapper in seventh grade after training at center for his team.

"I saw some other athletes long snapping and I asked what it was. In little league you don't have a long snapper, so I said I wanted to try it out," he said. "So then I went to my coach and said I wanted to be a long snapper at Saguaro and then I trained for five years and slowly got better and better, until I got here."

That hard work has led to the Under Armour All-American game, which Butler was presented with his honorary jersey on Thursday.

Butler doesn't know what the process will lead to for him, but he knows that football will always be a part of his life. Once he is finished playing he either wants to coach football or work within sports management.

He isn't thinking too much into the future just yet, though, as he still has a lot of work to do for the next step in his journey. Every week he works hard to hopefully convince a coach that he is worth a scholarship and worth a spot on their team.

His persistence and effort has earned him a spot on the Under Armour All-America team, to play in the spotlight on a national stage, something Butler hopes will help get him one step closer to his goal.

Christian Kirk and Jordan Butler putting on the Under Armour jersey https://t.co/s4j5g0Mofg

— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) October 9, 2014

If you could start a team with any other player in your class who would it be?: I would pick my teammate, Christian Kirk. Hands down. I've been playing with him since seventh grade and he's always a kid that is a player's player. He works hard, goes hard, doesn't make excuses. He's a leader on and off the field and he's just a good football player, too, I guess.

What was your earliest football memory?: A big memory I had is in 2010 when Coach Mohns took me, Christian and a couple other players on a little league team, the Argonauts. We went up to California and we won a national championship. It was the first time I ever played football on such a big stage. Coach just really opened up my eyes to what football could really be rather than just little league.

Which football player did you idolize or want to be like when you were a kid?: None, to be honest. I kind of liked Randy Moss because you could just throw it up to him and he would catch it. When I decided to be a long snapper five years ago I realized that there aren't any real big long snapper names out there. I know a few NFL long snappers who play for the Redskins and San Francisco. I train with those guys and I wold like to be in their shoes someday but I want to be my own role model. I don't want to just go to the NFL I want to be the best of the best. I'm aiming for special teams player of the week, looking for big hits, fumbles anything.

If you could take on any pro player in their sport who would it be?: You probably don't know him, but Nick Sundberg. He's the long snapper for the Redskins. We can do trick shots, so I'd go against him.

Why do you wear your number?: I've always been towards the lower numbers, last year I was 64 because Coach [Jason] Mohns said that it was mandatory for linemen. He gave me the option this year and I wanted to be 30. Any long snapper you see has higher numbers that I see as big numbers, not really the skill numbers that are popular. I chose 30 because I wanted to show that I'm still a skill position that long snapping takes a lot of skill.

What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?: My family means a lot to me. I'm family oriented. I grew up without a father so a lot of people say I'm a momma's boy. I'm just family oriented because those two, my mom and grandma, are all I got. That's my family. When you see big families with cousins and everything, that's not me. That's all I got.