Trey Junkin

Trey Junkin

Date of birth:	January 23, 1961 (1961-01-23)
Place of birth:	Conway, Arkansas
Career information
Position(s):	Long snapper, linebacker, tight end
College:	Louisiana Tech
NFL Draft:	1983 / Round: 4 / Pick: 93
Organizations
As player:
1983-1984 1984 1985-1989 1990-1995 1996 1996-2001 2002* 2002	Buffalo Bills Washington Redskins Los Angeles Raiders Seattle Seahawks Oakland Raiders Arizona Cardinals Dallas Cowboys New York Giants
Playing stats at NFL.com

Abner Kirk "Trey" Junkin III (born January 23, 1961 in Conway, Arkansas) is a former American football linebacker, tight end, and long snapper in the National Football League. Junkin played college football at Louisiana Tech University.

High School Years

Junkin attended Northeast High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas and was a football star.

NFL career

Junkin played 19 seasons in the NFL for six different teams: Buffalo Bills (1983–1984), Washington Redskins (1984), Los Angeles Raiders (1985–1989), Seattle Seahawks (1990–1995), Oakland Raiders (1996), Arizona Cardinals (1996–2001), plus a single game with the New York Giants in 2002. Primarily a long snapper and special-teams player throughout his career, Junkin started out as a linebacker and later moved to tight end.

It was his one game with the Giants for which Junkin is most remembered. The Giants coaxed the very recently retired veteran back on to the playing field to replace an injured Dan O'Leary. It would be a decision that Junkin would come to regret and which would cast a dark cloud over an otherwise faultless 19-year NFL career. In a 2002 wild card playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers, Junkin botched a snap on a field goal attempt that could have won the game for the Giants, who had squandered a 38-14 lead. There was also an uncalled pass interference penalty on the last play, which would have led to another field goal attempt had it been called correctly,. Along with the seven on-field officials, and four in the replay booth who missed the call, Giants holder Matt Allen deserves to share some of the blame. After the bad snap, he could have fallen on the ball and called timeout, leaving enough time for another try. Or, Allen could have run outside the tackle box — which he did — and thrown the ball out of bounds, stopping the clock with a few ticks left. Instead, he panicked and heaved an incomplete pass at teammate Rich Seubert. Despite this - and despite the fact that Junkin was not part of the defense that gave back 24 points in less than a half - Junkin took full responsibility and said that the Giants lost this game because of him.

After the 2002 NFL season, Trey went on to coach in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders. After a short stint with the Stampeders, Junkin rejoined his family in Winnfield, Louisiana. Junkin is now the defensive coordinator for his son Connor's high school football team, the Winnfield Senior High Tigers.

Junkin is the older brother of former NFL linebacker Mike Junkin.