A star-studded event: Nike football camp coming to Arlin Field in June
MANSFIELD - Mansfield Senior coach Chioke Bradley pulled out all the stops.
The veteran coach of the Tygers will be hosting the Nike Skills Football Camp on June 6-8 for football players ages 8-18 and the lineup of players offering up instruction contains local legends as well as future NFL draft prospects.
Led by Bradley, the camp director, some of the nation’s top college football players will be there running kids through offensive and defensive position drills while also hosting a weeklong 7-on-7 tournament.
Richland County legends Cade Stover of The Ohio State University, Angelo Grose of Michigan State and Brennan Armstrong of the University of Virginia will be among the instructors for the three-day camp. Ohio State’s Zach Harrison, Miyan Williams, Steele Chambers, Denzel Burke, Tommy Eichenberg, TreVeyon Henderson and Bryson Shaw will all be in attendance offering up their knowledge of the game.
Harrison was the nation’s No. 1 ranked defensive end by all major scouting services for the class of 2018. He is a 5-star recruit from Olentangy Orange High School. Williams is a running back for the Buckeyes and played at Cincinnati Winton Woods during his high school career.
Chambers hails from Roswell, Georgia and was a Top 20 recruit in his class as a running back. Burke was the nation’s No. 8 ranked recruit in his class while Eichenberg was named the Defensive MVP of the 2022 Rose Bowl.
Henderson is the star running back for the Buckeyes and had a huge year as the fourth OSU running back to run for 1,000 yards as a freshman.
The camp is designed to provide instruction that will develop the fundamentals of the game and advanced skills that focus on footwork, skill development for specific position, team play and game situations.
The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 6-8 at Arlin Field and will cost $495 per camper.
Included in the fee is three days of professional football instruction as well as a Nike Flag Football Camp t-shirt, gym sack, lanyard and player card. Campers will need to provide their own cleats (no metal-tip cleats), tennis shoes, athletic shorts and t-shirt as well as lunch and water each day. The camp is non-contact.
The instruction will focus on many offensive skills such as: specific position skill work, hand-eye coordination, ball handling and position, passing drills, catching drills, proper grip and throwing and route running.
Defensively, campers will develop specific position skills, defensive explanation and footwork skills. All campers will learn about teamwork, concussion safety and nutrition.
Any and all interested parties should register for the Nike Skills Football Camp at: https://www.ussportscamps.com/football/nike-1/nike-skills-football-camp-mansfield.
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