Tis the season to get out there and show what you’ve got. While the college guys are hitting up all star bowls and the NFL combine. The High school seniors are showing off their talents at the Under Armor All American and and the Army All American games as well as some states do their all star games early. The rest of the high school and JH world are hard at work trying to show early and often that they can compete against national talent. That is what this is all about in today’s day and age where sometimes its hard for a stand out athlete to prove that they are stand out because their only venue is 8 man football in small towns across the country. Since you are not attending IMG academy or, Bishop Gorman where can a guy go to compete. We have 5 chances for that comparison to happen.
1. Local D1 Camps –
These camps will attract players from across the state and the country depending on who is invited. Remember though to bring your A game and don’t be offended if you don’t get a lot of attention. People have their favorites, ranked kids and their own children at these camps. You coming in as a barnstormer looking to prove your self may not get the love you are looking for. No worries prove them wrong on the field.
2. Nike Opening
The Regionals schedule has been posted but don’t run and sign up right away. Your first task is to get the hudl app. Problem being that for some sort of contract reason they only did it with IOS. Oh well so you have to find a friend with an IOS device then get your testing results loaded on to hudl. When that is done you are evaluated via the app. I am pretty sure they already have the analytics to alert them when a user has a top 200 score. The actual regional is now an invitation only party. So get yourselves in shape, practice the testing events, grab the app and show em what you got. One reason this camp is rated number 2 is because they don’t rely on HS coaches to do the work for you. This is an athlete centered process. Best of luck. https://www.theopening.com/
3. Rivals Camp Series
Rivals camp series is of course the competition to the Opening. Rival companies rival everything rival kids participating and battling for recognition. What is interesting about this camp is that it would allow students to self nominate. There is not a huge emphasis on testing data, it seems more focused on game film and coaches. That being said, this is another national select event. You need some recognition to get an invite. With Rivals camp registration is online but you also need to get that film sent over to them. They would like you to send an email to them. Check out the FAQ and get registered you could be the next big thing. https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-camp-series-presented-by-under-armour-2016-schedule
4 FBU Top Gun Showcase
The FBU top gun showcase is a young camp in comparison to the others but it has a middle school twist to it. As more and more kids are working hard to improve skills the recruiting and getting noticed game has moved to middle school. This area is no longer reserved for the coaches kid that would get a scholarship offer when he is in eighth grade. Get out there and get noticed. http://footballuniversity.org/other-events/top-gun/
5 NUC Camps and Combines
The NUC guys have been around for years and have a growing offering of camps and combine events. They are pushing the 7 on 7 world forward and helping kids get noticed across the country. If you are looking for an introduction to the competitive world or can’t travel that far NUC is a good alternative. http://nucsports.com/recruiting-events/
