Photos from Jacksonville Jaguars 2023 High School QB Skills Challenge

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher April 25, 2023

High School Football America co-founder Jeff Fisher attended the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ 3rd annual High School QB Skills Challenge that was attended by competitors from Florida and Georgia.

Over 160 quarterbacks (boys and girls) warmed-up inside TIAA Bank Field and then ventured to the Jags’ Dream Finders Home Flex Field that is located next to the NFL team’s home stadium.

Related: Video Recap of Skills Challenge

Below are photographs from the invite-only event:

Check-in

Warm-up inside TIAA Bank Field

Pre-event photos with NFL Legend/Former Jags’ QB David Garrard inside TIAA Bank Field

Pre-Event inside Dream Home Building Flex Field

Jaguars Adriel Rocha, who created the High School QB Skills Challenge, addresses competitors before introducing former Jags’ QB David Garrard.
After only having one female competitor in the first year, this year’s event featured 22.

Competition

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Photos by Jaguars Prep
In addition to competing in five drills, all players took part in a classroom session.

Top Gun Finalists

Finalists (left to right): Anthony Miller, Riverview Sarasota (FL); Olivia Cadiz, Dr. Phillips (FL) DJ Moore, Bolles School (FL); Luke Kromenhoek, Benedictine (GA); Stanley Anderson-Lofton, Dr. Phillips (FL); Zavion DeShazier, Mt. De Sales Academy (GA)

The Winners

Kromenhoek, who is a Florida State verbal commit, won the Top Gun competition. He was also named the boys MVP. Ashley Purdy of Sandalewood was the girls MVP.

Jaguar linebackers Travon Walker (#44) and Devin Loyd (#33) joined the Top Gun finalists and MVP’s Purdy (2nd from left) and Kromenhoek (4th from left) after taking questions from several competitors during a Q&A session.

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About the Author

Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.

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