About

CO Mini Camp is an investment of one weekend of a college football player's summer for the purpose of spiritual and leadership development. Mini Camp participates will engage in fun activities on the beach and around the city and have small group discussions with other football players. These will be real life discussions on what it means to be  an emerging leader and a college athlete. On top of this there will be formal trainings led by Sam Acho, Former NFL player and Texas Longhorn, current ESPN college football analyst, that connects the experience of being a college football player and Christ like leader for years to come.  Mini Camp will be held at The Cottages Retreat Center in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Dates: june 14-16, 2024
Registration deadline: may 1st

Testimonies

“Mini Camp helped me understand how to best utilize my time to spend time with God and invest in my relationship with Him.”- Zeke Vandenburgh, LB, Illinois State University
“After coming to Mini Camp, I feel ready to go back to my campus and share my faith with my teammates”
- Dallas Gamble, CB, University of South Alabama
“God used minicamp to show me that football should not be my identity because I’ll never be fulfilled with football but that my identity should be in him and l should treat football as a gift from God grace.” - Marzavion Dix, DL,
University of West Georgia
“Demario explained that we have to commit to this life we want to live because sometimes it's tough, but our lives are a part of God's big story.”- Tyler Price, RB, University of North Alabama
“One of the biggest things I've learned is how much of a role community plays in your growth as a person.”
- Trenton Hatfield, S, Illinois State University
"Mini camp helped me grow and taught me so much about my faith. Having the opportunity to hear from Demario really pushed me to have a closer relationship with Christ and a stronger desire to lead and help my teammates grow."
- Kent Foster, OL, University of South Alabama