Top Gun football camp coming to South Pointe in July
The Football University (FBU) Top Gun Showcase will take over South Pointe High School July 14 to 20 for its annual two-event national showcase.
The Top Gun camp is the largest national showcase event in the U.S., featuring some of the best middle and high school athletes in a position-specific test of technical skill and football ability. The high school showcase will take place July 14 to 16, kicking/punting/long snapping July 14 and 15, and the middle school showcase July 18 to 20.
“Football City USA is the perfect location to host both an event of this magnitude and the massive amount of talent that Top Gun features every year,” says Doug Berman, chairman of All American Games.
The July showcase will be the first time that the FBU Top Gun camp has been held in Rock Hill, also known as Football City, USA. During the seven-day showcase, approximately 1,500 of the most talented and technically-sound athletes from across the country will meet at South Pointe High School to gain exposure, including written scouting reports and profile creations.
“We couldn’t have selected a better location to host the FBU Top Gun showcase,” says Auvis Cole, sales director for the Rock Hill/York County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). “South Pointe High School is a first-class facility built to take on the elite talent that FBU needs to train the nation’s top football players.”
Seventy-five percent of the eighth and ninth grade FBU All-American Bowl teams will be selected at Top Gun, with additional middle school-aged FBU Preseason All-Americans named and released nationally. Each year underclassmen at the Top Gun High School Showcase are invited to the National Combine at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Three days of training and coaching, on-field and in the film room, is led by NFL-experienced coaches and players. Sixty of those master teachers will be at the two showcase events in Rock Hill.
This story was originally published June 15, 2016 at 12:13 PM with the headline "Top Gun football camp coming to South Pointe in July."