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Friday, June 17, 2011

Free NFL Camp Helps Develop High School Football Players

Tampa Catholic High School is partnering with the NFL to stage a Character Development Program for high school players.

Tampa Catholic High School has partnered with the National Football League's High School Player Development program to stage a three-day character development camp this week. The camp, which began Thursday and ends Saturday, focused on player safety, concussion awareness, character development and life skills on its first day to go along with a regiment of football fundamentals in the following days. "We want to focus on athletic skill but our main focus is to make these kids better men and better students," NFL HSPD representative Marshall McDuffie said. "We bring in an athletic advisor from USF to talk them and they get lessons from doctors about concussions and hydration so it's helping them be smarter athletes." The event is sponsored …

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