Five NFL players come to Madison for 7v7 Tournament
Updated: 6:56 PM CDT Jun 21, 2024
IT WAS LIKE AN AVENGERS ASSEMBLE MOMENT WITH ALL THE FORMER JACKSON METRO STARS COMING TOGETHER BACK IN THE CIP FOR THE BATTLE OF THE SIP. SEVEN ON SEVEN FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, THE CAMP WAS SPEARHEADED BY MISSISSIPPI FOOTBALL TRAINER MIKE ESPY. HE PARTNERED WITH FOUR OF THE BEST WIDEOUTS TO COME OUT OF THE METRO THE PAST DECADE. CALLAWAY GRAD MALIK HEATH, BRANDON AND GRAD JONATHAN MINGO. MADISON CENTRAL’S D.J. MONTGOMERY AND JIM HILLS FRED BROWN. NOW, ALL FOUR OF THESE GUYS ARE ON NFL ROSTERS, BUT GOT AWAY TODAY TO BRING THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO THE YOUTH IN JACKSON. NOW, ALSO, THERE AS A SPECTATOR, ANOTHER BRANDON GRAD, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS QUARTERBACK GARDNER MINSHEW. HE’S FORMER TEAMMATES WITH BOTH MINGO AND MONTGOMERY. SO A STAR STUDDED CAST TO SAY THE LEAST. AND THEY’RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT’S COOKING IN THE JACKSON METRO. >> THEY’RE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CHANCE TO PLAY AGAINST TEAMS THAT THEY WON’T SEE IN THE REGULAR SEASON, AND THERE’S SOME REALLY GOOD TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. >> THAT’S COOL MAN. YOU KNOW, BEING AN ALUMNI OF CALLAWAY, MAN AND SEEING THEM BOYS AROUND THERE RUNNING AROUND SCORING TO IT, IT MAKES ME SMILE. YOU KNOW MAN, I MEAN A LOT. WE ALL GREW UP TRAINING TOGETHER. COME BACK INTO COMMUNITY, MINGLE. WHAT’S UP SHABAB. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO’S LOOKING OG FRED WHEN THEY KNOW. WE ALL BEEN TRAINING TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE KIDS. SO THIS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS DREAMED UP. JUST COME BACK GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, TRYING TO BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL TO THE KIDS. MAN, THIS IS WHERE I STARTED AT, YOU KNOW, DOWN HERE IN JACKSON, COMING TO EAST. 707 COMING TO COMPETE. AND THIS IS WHERE I EARNED MY SCHOLARSHIPS. >> WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, DEMARIO DAVIS CAME BACK AND HOW COOL THAT WAS. YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT, THAT THAT’S REALLY AN OPTION FOR THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, UH, AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF GUYS OUT HERE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY PROMISING FUTURES BE ABLE TO GO PLAY BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL. >> I THINK THAT’S VERY BIG. YOU KNOW, WE GOT 11 TEAMS HERE THIS YEAR. WE PLAN TO DO IT EACH YEAR. YOU KNOW JUST GET BIGGER AND BIGGER EACH YEAR. >> ONE NEEDS A FRIEND LIKE MALIK. NOW THIS YEAR IS YEAR ONE OF THE CAMP. BU
Five NFL players come to Madison for 7v7 Tournament
Updated: 6:56 PM CDT Jun 21, 2024
Five NFL players who once called the Jackson Metro home assembled in Madison Friday for the “Battle of the ‘Sip” 7-on-7 football tournament.Wide receivers Fred Brown (Jim Hill, FA), Malik Heath (Callaway, Green Bay Packers), Jonathan Mingo (Brandon, Carolina Panthers) and D.J. Montgomery (Madison Central, Indianapolis Colts) joined local football trainer Mike Espy to host the camp at Liberty Park.Brandon alum and Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew also made a guest appearance as an observer.Sports Anchor Bradley Davis caught up with Espy and all five pro athletes about their motivations for coming back for this camp.
Five NFL players who once called the Jackson Metro home assembled in Madison Friday for the “Battle of the ‘Sip” 7-on-7 football tournament.
Wide receivers Fred Brown (Jim Hill, FA), Malik Heath (Callaway, Green Bay Packers), Jonathan Mingo (Brandon, Carolina Panthers) and D.J. Montgomery (Madison Central, Indianapolis Colts) joined local football trainer Mike Espy to host the camp at Liberty Park.
Brandon alum and Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew also made a guest appearance as an observer.
Sports Anchor Bradley Davis caught up with Espy and all five pro athletes about their motivations for coming back for this camp.
