Craig Nall first tried private football coaching after he retired recently from the NFL, but now he has a greater idea he would like to try within the land of his youth.
The previous Alexandria Senior High quarterback who struck gold at Northwestern State after transferring from LSU, and who spent better part of his NFL career in Green Bay as a backup for Brett Favre, wants to expand his private coaching business right into a group project that can benefit many young football players across the nation.
The result is YourFootballNetwork.com, a coaching and mentoring program he founded which is targeted to youth and senior high school football players. The group's first coaching effort in the 3-day format, after the experience of running five one-day camps within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where he and his family now live, will likely be at the inaugural Cenla Football Experience April 28-30 at Louisiana College Tory James jerseys.
One other group founders with Nall are Brad Cieslak, Andy Little and Remy Hamilton, whose names may very well not recognize because, like Nall, their NFL careers were not profound. Yet, together they've got 40-plus combined many years of playing experience and off-season management.
This really is the launching pad for his or her idea, and also appropriate place as opposed to backyard of Nall's native city?
He and his cohorts hope this Cenla Football Experience is the start of something big.
These are big, they have got guys like former Packers offensive lineman Marco Rivera, a large, three-time Pro Bowl pick, for the roster of former NFL types which will coaching with the three-day affair. Peabody graduate Emanuel Arceneaux, who's signed while using Minnesota Vikings, can also be scheduled to get there. Case likely wouldn't have been possible, Nall says, devoid of the sponsorship of Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center.
Can be, Thursday, and the last, Saturday, will probably be for varsity high school players only, while all K-12 groups will likely be served Friday, including a two-hour session for K-5th grade youngsters Byron Leftwich jerseys.
"This is a thing I've been looking to do for some time," says Nall. "I possess the resources as well as the ability to do it."
Unlike some football camps, this program all players in any way positions, not merely one specialized position. The three-day charge is $175, which Nall says is "an affordable price and a great value" for youngsters who will be getting instruction from NFL veterans.
As you who admits he sometimes privately disagreed while using advice of some quarterback coaches in their past who had never taken a breeze from center, Nall says it's "a little much easier to pay attention and listen and take value" from a session with the instructor who's played the position sufficiently to make it for the NFL.
"Everything will be regimented, gone will be the wasted time," says Nall.
"The kids can be doing something, whether it be full speed or paying attention to chalk talk."
The football camp can also get NFL style combine testing on Saturday morning, and workouts will probably be filmed with an opportunity to get a video analysis from the staff member for $25.
Not just teach technique and undergo drills, Nall says his group desires to give mentoring guidance about such things as recruiting and setting goals.
There'll be certified trainers available as well as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), in the case of emergency.
Brock Berlin, who was the Gatorade National Player of the Year at Evangel in Shreveport and led the Miami Hurricanes with a notable comeback victories, will probably be among the former players that will be coaching together with former Clemson defensive back Antuan Edwards, who spent five of his eight NFL seasons with all the Packers.
Ryan Moats, who had previously been a sensational running back for Louisiana Tech and spent a while in the NFL, is the one other familiar name for the coaching list.
Nall says the roster of 15-plus NFL veterans which will be coaching with the event combine in excess of 50 years of experience in the NFL.
There could even be a surprise visit, he admits that, from a certain former NFL quarterback who wore No. 4 on his jersey.
"We think we're sitting on something special," Nall says. "We'd love to make positive imprints about the careers of babies having the possiblity to get in the NFL."