The National Specialist Showcase features the nation’s hungriest middle school & high school kickers, punters and long snappers. All are set to compete on large national state created by Footballhotbed.com and its 1 Million audience member Social Media reach that is accented by the over 100 college coaches from Division I, FCS, Division II, NAIA and JUCO that follow us on social media.August 15th, 2020 from 3:30 PM to 7 PM. Those who do perform well will receive invitations to our Middle School All-American Game and National High School Showcase games for Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors. Events will take place in Johns Creek, Georgia at Mt. Pisgah Christian School.
EVENT INFORMATION
The Ft. Lauderdale Camp Series Specialist , July 2020
2022 K Will Bettridge of Gulliver High School in Miami, FL was the 2019 MVP of the Specialist Showcase
2018 MVPs, including Middle School MVP David Vadala, headed to Cardinal Gibbons. Coach Jose Borregales of FIU (hooded cap) was a Lou Groza semi-finalist in college football during the 2018 season. He returns to coach this year’s showcase in July.
Everest Ferrell ‘22 K/P MVP of Ft. Lauderdale Event in July 2020
2018 participant and 2019 player-coach, 2021 K Andres Borregales currently is committed to the University of Miami.
WHATS DIFFERENT ABOUT US?
The National Specialists Showcase is an off season showcase designed to help determine how strong a specialists skills are in critical areas despite ranking by any other kicking agency. There are no requirements to attend other events to be ranked high or and qualifiers. It’s an open competition designed to test the mettle of specialist who aim to kick in college. It’s the only kicking competition in the country run by actual college kickers who are currently on scholarship or who have recently graduated. This ensures that all attendees are training and competition with the most up to date specialist drills possible.
Increasingly, these off season evaluations and camps are being weighed heavier in the recruiting process. It’s like taking a standardized academic test. While they aren’t the true measure of ability, they are a good indication and colleges, recruiting services and scouts are using them to draw conclusions about your athlete.
Overall, the opportunity to compete with some of the best athletes in your high school graduation class and earn the title of best at your position is a resume boosting experience that can empower young athletes with confidence.
HISTORY OF FOOTBALL HOTBED
Since 2014, Football Hotbed has created four national showcase platforms with youth football athletes in mind. The goal is to provide exposure, empower each athlete with metrics of their performance ability and create a competitive environment that produces improvement and provides a measuring stick for future success.
EVENT
Athletes will participate in the following: SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SEE MEDIA SECTION BELOW FOR VIDEO COVERAGE OF THE EVENT
August 15, 2020
Kickers
Punters
Long Snappers
Check In
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Pictures/Media
4 PM
4 PM
4 PM
Warm up
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Charting: Kick offs
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
Punts
Charted Snaps
Field Goals
Elimination Kicks Begin
Dismissal
by 7 PM
by 7 PM
by 7 PM
Your OFFICIAL INVITE serves as an ‘offer of invitation’.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
The same way college offers work. They are committable as long as your spot is available. To accept your offer, pay your registration fees to attend the event. If the offer is not accepted, the spot in the competition will be offered to other deserving athletes. Space is limited and once the numbers are reached, the competition will be closed, even for athletes who have previously been offered invitations.
TO REGISTER scroll down below…
There are NO REFUNDS. Please be sure to check the dates, time off from work and school and other events before accepting and invite and registering to attend. All those who do not attend after paying will receive credit with Football Hotbed for future events or toward apparel purchases.
To Reserve a Hotel
Travel, Meals and Lodging is the responsibility of every family to provide these for each attendee.
Each athlete must be accompanied by an adult 25+ of age.
Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and resides in South Florida.
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