Alan Soukup holds the LS · Starter spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s long snapper room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Alan Soukup, a long snapper from Phoenix, Arizona, attended Pinnacle High School where he earned First Team All-American honors as both a junior and senior. He was ranked the No. 1 snapper in the country by Kohl's Kicking and competed in the 2024 Under Armour All-America Game. As a freshman in 2024, Soukup served as Minnesota's primary snapper, handling 119 snaps across 39 PATs, 28 field goals, and 52 punts while recording one tackle. In his sophomore season, he snapped 119 times again (33 PATs, 21 FGs, 65 punts), recovered one fumble, and made one tackle. Soukup earned Academic All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors in 2025.