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It's time to get involved in the NFF's 'I Played' campaign!

January 07, 2025

Good morning, football fans! A special congratulations goes out the 2024 Campbell Trophy winner Jalen Milroe, who was recently awarded CBS Sports Scholar-Athlete of the Year and declared for the NFL Draft — good luck, Jalen!

Did you play football? Then it’s time to get involved in the
National Football Foundation’s ‘I Played’ Campaign!

To contribute your story and become part of the ‘I Played’ campaign, click here!

Share how your experience playing football has changed your life and inspired your personal and professional growth.

Prefer to send your submission as a video? Film it on your phone and email it to [email protected] — the videos will be shared on NFF social and digital channels as part of the series!

In the latest episode of the Good in the Game Podcast, LaVar Arrington sits down with 2020 Hall of Famer Cade McNown to discuss how he got to UCLA, getting into his first game against Ray Lewis and the Miami Hurricanes plus what football has meant to him and how the NFF has helped him give back to the sport he loves so much.

2025 NFF High School Showcases

The NFF High School Showcases provide thousands of eligible high school football players an opportunity for academic and participation scholarships to play at the next level.

Feb. 1, 2025
The 17th Annual Houston Texans Senior Showcase powered by Gatorade will take place at the Texans Methodist Training Center next door to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Feb. 14-15, 2025
The 9th Annual Orange Bowl Florida High School Football Showcase, Presented by Baptist Health, will take place at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Feb. 15, 2025
The Third Annual Arizona Senior Showcase will be held 15 at Ottawa University in Surprise, Arizona.

Feb. 22, 2025
The 12th Annual Terry Donahue Memorial California Showcase will take place at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.

North Central beat Mount Union, 41-25, on Jan. 5 to earn its third Division III national championship since 2019, with 2024 NFF Scholar-Athlete Luke Lehnen accounting for five touchdowns in the national title game.

Jimmy Carter, a 1946 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who played sprint football during his time in Annapolis before becoming the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, passed away Dec. 29. He was 100.

Tiger Bech, a member of the 2016 and 2018 Princeton football Ivy League Championship teams, passed away in the Bourbon Street attack in New Orleans on Jan. 1. He was 28.

Dave Fagg, a dual-sport athlete at Davidson in the 1950s before becoming an assistant coach for the Wildcats and later the head coach in 1970, has passed away. Fagg also spent time coaching at Hawaii, Georgia Tech, South Carolina and Arizona before returning to Davidson in 1990. He was 88.

Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart, has passed away. Smart was a longtime high school football coach in Alabama and Georgia. He was 76.

Morris Bradshaw, a wide receiver at Ohio State in the 1970s before playing over 100 games in the NFL with the Raiders and Patriots, has passed away. He was 72.

Weren’t able to attend the 2024 NFF Annual Awards Dinner in Las Vegas? We’ve got the next best thing — watch the video above to relive it all!

And we can’t wait to see you this coming December at the 67th edition of the Awards Dinner!

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