the 2023 Under Armour Next Football Camp Series kicked off at Carrollton High School in suburban Atlanta Sunday.
The region’s best high school football players had the opportunity to earn a coveted bid to the 2024 Under Armour Next All-America Game. Players took part in a series of optional athletic measurement stations, then competed in individual and head-to-head drills against other top athletes at their respective positions.
Three seniors-to-be received invitations to the 2024 game — quarterback Prentiss “Air” Noland of Langston Hughes (Georgia), offensive lineman Jacqawn McRoy of Clay-Chalkville (Alabama) and defensive lineman Jordan Ross of Vestavia Hills (Alabama).
Here are others that received invitations for future games:
- DL London Merritt – Woodward Academy (Georgia)
- DL Kevin Oatis Jr. – Hattiesburg (Mississippi)
- OL David Sanders Jr. – Providence Day (North Carolina)
- OL Mason Short – Evans (Georgia)
Class of 2026
- QB Julian Lewis – Carrollton (Georgia)
Fifteen players who have already committed to participate in future Under Armour Next All-America Games also participated in the Atlanta Camp:
Class of 2024
- DB Travaris (TJ) Banks – Fairhope (Alabama)
- LB Jaqualin (Qua) Birdsong – Troup County (Georgia)
- WR/TE Braylon Burnside – Starkville (Mississippi)
- DB Jalyn Crawford – Parkview (Georgia)
- RB Kameron Davis – Dougherty (Georgia)
- DB Zion Ferguson – Gainesville (Georgia)
- WR/TE Kylan Fox – Grayson (Georgia)
- DB A’Mon Lane – Moody (Alabama)
- WR/TE Mike Matthews – Parkview (Georgia)
- WR/TE Joseph Stone Jr. – Langston Hughes (Georgia)
Class of 2025
- DB Jontae Gilbert – Douglass (Georgia)
- LB Jacoby Hopson – Lake Cormorant (Mississippi)
- RB Anthony “Turbo” Rogers – Pike Road (Alabama)
- DL Justus Terry – Manchester (Georgia)
- WR/TE Ryan Williams – Saraland (Alabama)
Below are the players who were honored for their performances:
Defensive Line MVP
Sterling Dixon – Mobile Christian School (Alabama)
Offensive Line MVPs
Kahlil House – Houston County (Georgia)
Isaac Sowells – Male (Kentucky)
Running Back MVP
Gavin Hall – Hebron Christian (Georgia)
Linebacker MVP
Montreze Smith – Carrollton (Georgia)
Quarterback Accuracy Winner
Julian Lewis – Carrollton (Georgia)
Wide Receiver MVP
Devin Carter – Cedar Grove (Georgia)
Defensive Back MVP
Tevis Metcalf – Pinson Valley (Alabama)
The next camp will be this Sunday at West Orange High School in Orlando, Florida.
