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Date(s) - 06/13/2024 - 06/14/2024
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It’s time for the the nation’s largest platform for Middle School athletes in the country looking to compete in high school to gain college scholarships and play at the Division I level.
The 10th National Middle School Invitational Showcase presented by Football Hotbed is hosting its LEGACY event and we couldn’t be more excited about our annual gathering on one of the nation’s largest exposure platforms, Football Hotbed dot com. It all started with our Future 4 quarterback competition in 2015 and expanded to include skill players and competition on a college campus in 2016 at the University of Miami. In 2017, with the addition of the 8th-grade class of 2021, the event was now complete and included every athlete on the field (except specialists) as linemen were added to the two-day showcase camp. There is no other camp like it in the country.
What makes our event special is getting middle school kids to work out in front of college coaches without older prospects around. This focuses solely on them and allows their talents to take center stage. Because National Middle School Invitational Showcase participants come from all over the country, being elite on this platform can come with a boatload of opportunities afterward.
This year we will be hosting our camp at a college campus on Day 1 as always and at a local high school on Day two. It will be in Coral Gables, FL on June 13 at the University of Miami on day one and at Gwen Cherry Park on day two on June 14, 2024.
This event has launched dozens of careers and provided college football resumes for some top names. The first year of the Future 4 produced three Division One players in the Top 4 of the 2019 class. Overall, 16/32 quarterbacks in the class of 2019 went on to play Division 1 football. The MVP, Spencer Rattler is about to enter the NFL draft, fresh off being name the Senior Bowl MVP after a great career at the University of South Carolina (via Oklahoma), runner-up Griffin Helm is a graduate of New Hampshire (played WR) and Dalen Menard is finishing up at New Haven college after stops at Boston College and Bowling Green.
All were on full athletic scholarships and all at the Division I level.
Just a few short months ago, Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, a Future 4 bloodline member won a national championship as the starting quarterback. McCarthy came to the University of Miami and was a Future 4 finalist during his 8th grade year. He and Rattler were the first ever draft picks from alumni of our prestigious event.
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- McCarthy becomes the first ever draft pick from the National Middle School Invitational Showcase
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- JJ as an 8th grader throwing at Future 4
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- JJ McCarthy Lagrange Park, IL
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- JJ competing at St. Thomas Aquinas High in Fort Lauderdale
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- McCarthy earns a spot in the coveted Future 4 (final 4) class of 2021
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- Headshot: JJ McCarthy first round pick
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- McCarthy Rosebowl Champion
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- Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy (9) celebrates the win at the College Football Playoff championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Michigan won their first national title since 1997, topping Washington, 34-13.
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- At Michigan, McCarthy left a legacy
Guys Jacorey Brooks from Louisville (via Alabama) have all been a part of the National MS Invitational Showcase as well as recent Oregon (via UCLA) enrollee at quarterback, Dante Moore and Duke QB Maalik Murphy (via Texas).
What the National Middle School Invitational Showcase has meant to so many is truly incredible.
In 2016, the first year of skill players and linemen, the running back MVP, Chris Tyree is a graduate of Notre Dame, a national power, and now spending a grad transfer year at The University of Virginia near his hometown of Richmond. The defensive back MVP Rashad Torrance spent the 2023 NFL season on a practice squad after a successful career at the University of Florida.
The overall MVP, best athlete award, went to Avante Williams who is now at Maryland after beginning his career at the University of Miami. But he, like his counterparts all used their time at the National Middle School Invitational Showcase to prove that they were elite.
Other Division I players from the first year’s 2019 class include Brian Mauer (Tennessee/Stephen F. Austin), Michael Kern (Wake Forrest), Daniel Richardson (Central Michigan/FAU/FAMU), Nik Scalzo (Kentucky/Samford), Kyle Terry (Army), Curt Casteel (Harvard), Adam Cecere (Wake Forrest) for Baseball, Peyton Brown (College of DuPage), Preston Colbert (Cornell), Deon Jones (Chardon State)
Future 4 QB Division I Participants: Max Johnson (North Carolina/Texas A&M/LSU), Nick Vattiato (Middle Tennessee State), Anthony Colandrea (Virginia), Tucker Gleason (Toledo/Georgia Tech), Chayden Peery (Georgia Tech, FIU).
Your OFFICIAL invitation 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…
- All payments must be complete by April 1, 2024 afterward increase fees may apply.
- There are NO REFUNDS. Please be sure to check the dates, time off from work and school, and other events before accepting an invite and registering to attend. Be mindful that we are still in the midst of a global pandemic and there are only credits applied toward future events if you cannot attend due to illness or injury.
- To Reserve a Hotel (information TBA) see below…
- CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM– Will be updated by Feb 20, 2024
- 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.
- For more information, email us at info@footballhotbed.com or call 1-888-879-3396
MEDIA
Here’s a look back at that first-ever, competition.
This is what a day at the Future 4 looks like…
Day 2 is always at a local HS to complete the competition and crown the champions and MVPs
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- 2024 Future 4 8th grade class
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- Spencer Rattler & Brian Mauer at Elite 11
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- Competition at the University of Miami
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- Inside Miami’s Football Team Meeting Room
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- 2016 Future 4
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- The 2021 Class of Future 4 Finalist
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- The 2020 Class of Future 4 Finalist
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- Toledo QB Tucker Gleason a 7th grade Future 4 Winner
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- The 6th grade class of 2021 Future 4 Class
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- Drew Phillips, Phillips QB Academy
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- Evaluations on and off field
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- Official Future 4 Logo
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- Spencer Rattler (South Carolina) in 8th Grade right after winning the inaugural Future 4. With his dad Mike Rattler.
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- Rattler wins the Elite 11 MVP
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- First ever 8th grade Future 4 Finalist class of 2019
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- Dante Moore (Michigan), 2023 Future 4 Champion
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- SOL-JAY MAIAVA-PETERS (BYU)
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- Rashod Torrence 2020 DB (Florida)
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- Avante Williams 2020 DB (Miami)
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- Tucker Gleason 2020 QB Toledo
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- Max Johnson 2020 QB (LSU)
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- Micah Bowens 2020 QB (Oklahoma)
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- PJ O’Brien 2021 DB (Pitt)
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- Aaron Willis 2021 LB (Tennessee)
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- Brody Palhegyi 2021 QB (Western Carolina, FCS)
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- Nick Vattiato 2021 QB (MTSU)
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- Chris Tyree 2020 RB (Notre Dame)
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- Amari Daniels 2021 RB (Texas A&M)
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- The Gang
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- OL Mark Fox (South Carolina) v. GeMond Eaford (Oregon) 2015
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- 2021 OL Hayden Conner (Texas) offered a scholarship in 8th grade by Mark Richt
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- Jayden Marshall (Georgia Tech)
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- 2026 Jack Spaeder at Georgia Tech during Future 4
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- National Middle School Showcase Athletes on the Field at Tech
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- 40 yard Dash
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- Workouts inside Bobby Dodd Stadium
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- Future 4 Director Drew Phillips
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- National MS Invitational Showcase
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- Group Shot
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- TJ Wilcox, 4x Future 4 Finalist 5th-8th grade.
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- Athletes posing on the field at Tech
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- Future 4 QB Test
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- Coach Drew Phillips tallhying scores
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- Drew Phillips, Director of the Future 4 QB competition
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- Hotbed World on 3…1.2..3.. Hotbed World!
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- Football Hotbed at Gerogia Tech
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- Jai Jones earned a U of A offer at 9th Annual Event
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- 2027 QB J MVP
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- 2027 Judah Lancaster MVP
PLEASE NOTE: There are no refunds under any circumstances. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, please keep this in mind. In the most extreme circumstances the event would be postponed but never cancelled. In the instance where you cannot attend an event, a credit toward a future Football Hotbed event will be offered with notice at least two weeks prior to the event taking place.
