Randall Cunningham

Randall Cunningham is a former NFL quarterback. After playing college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was selected in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, with whom he remained through the 1996 season. He announced his retirement from football following the end of that season, taking a job as an analyst for TNT in 1996 . The following year, however, he resumed his playing career. He played for the Minnesota Vikings (1997-1999), the Dallas Cowboys (2000), and the Baltimore Ravens (2001). Cunningham then re-signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and retired for good in 2002.  Cunningham finished with 29, 979 career passing yards.  In a very productive 1990 season he was awarded the Pro Football Writers Association Most Valuable Player Award.  Randall was a 4-time Pro Bowl selection (1988, 1989, 1990, 1998).  He was also a 4-time All Pro Selection (1989, 1990, 1992, 1998).  In 1992 he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year Award. 

 Ricky Proehl

Ricky Proehl is a 17-year veteran of the NFL.  Proehl attended Wake Forest University, where he was a four-year letterman in football. . Proehl was taken in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Phoenix Cardinals. He set the Cardinal rookie record for receptions as he played four more seasons for the Cardinals before being traded to Seattle for a draft pick. He spent two seasons with the Seahawks, signed with Chicago for one year, and ended up with the Rams for the start of the 1998 NFL season. As part of "The Greatest Show on Turf", he helped lead the Rams to victory at Super Bowl XXXIV. He spent three more seasons with the Rams before signing with Carolina as a free agent at the start of the 2003 NFL season.  He has played in three Super Bowls and in 2005 Ricky ranked 11th in career receptions on the NFL active player lis. Proehl joined the Colts as a free agent in November of 2006. Super Bowl 41 with the Colts was Proehl's 4th Super Bowl and his second ring.  Proehl recently was hired by the Carolina Panthers as an offensive consultant to work with the wide receivers.

Macey Brooks

A standout Wide Receiver, Macey Brooks was drafted in the 4th Round by the Dallas Cowboys and from 1998 – 2000 played for the Chicago Bears. In 2002 Coach Brooks signed with the Oakland Raiders and during his career trained under the tutelage of Hall of Famers, Michael Irving, Jerry Rice, Deion Sanders, Jay Novecek, Emmit Smith, Troy Aikman, Tim Brown & Fred Biletnikoff. A well rounded athlete, Macey was also selected in 2nd round of MLB draft by the San Francisco, Giants & 44th by Kansas City Royals. A two sport phenom, he also received an invitation to 96’ Olympic Baseball Team. Macey owner of Elite Sports Performance in Aurora, Illinois helps to train and develop the next generation of great young athletes.

Blair Thomas

Blair Thomas was a member of Penn State University's 1986 National Championship team, Thomas was an 1989 All-American and a two-year starter for head coach Joe Paterno. He finished second on the Nittany Lions’s all-time rushing list with 3,301 yards and 21 touchdowns, just 97 yards shy of the Penn State record set by Curt Warner. He was also the first player in school history to rush for more than 1,400 yards in two seasons (1987,1989). Thomas was the Most Valuable Player of the 1989 Holiday Bowl, setting a record with 35 carries for 186 yards. He was also the Most Valuable Player of the Senior Bowl.  Thomas was the second overall pick in the 1990 draft by the New York Jets.  His rookie year he led all rookies in yards per carry and all AFC rookies in total yardage.  Recently Thomas was the running backs coach for Temple University from 1998-2005.

 
John Fontes

Formerly served  an assistant coach of the Detroit Lions from 1988-96. His brother and head coach Wayne Fontes, took the Lions into the playoffs four times and won more games than any other Detroit head coach (67). John Fontes was on the Lions' coaching staff from 1991-96 and later joined Dennis Green's staff with the Minnesota Vikings as a linebackers coach when the team reached the NFC Conference finals in 2001. John Fontes also coached with Jimmy Johnson at Miami. His final game there was the 1986 Fiesta Bowl, when the Hurricanes were upended by Penn State for the national championship. Coach Fontes also coached at both LSU and Central Florida, giving him tremendous insight on what it will take for these young men to complete their journey to become Division 1 student athletes.  Widely considered an absolute X's and O's guru, Coach Fontes truly has a heart for the growth, development and character of young men.

Robert Hicks

Robert Hicks is a former NFL Offensive Lineman.  Hicks played college football at Mississippi State University.  He was drafted in the third round by the Buffalo Bills where he played in 37 games and started in 23 games.  He retired from football in 2005.  Robert now works at his High School as a Physical Education teacher as well as coach for Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia.  While at Douglass, Coach Hicks has sent numerous students on to different colleges across the country to continue to pursue their education.  Hicks has coached both offensive and defensive lines for Douglass as well as having great input with the offensive and defensive coordination of the team.

 Todd Krueger

Todd Krueger is a former NFL Quarterback that is currently quarterback coach and offensive coordinator at powerhouse prep high school Lawrence Academy located in Groton, MA. In the last three years they have a 26-1 record and two time state champions. Coach Todd has trained over 800 quarterbacks working at the Rivals Northeast invite only showcase, and National Junior Combine along with his private quarterback training company.  Coach Krueger is also an accomplished writer with over 47 published football coaching articles. Coach also has been running an online quarterback training website since 2002 called PlayQB.com.

Walter Curry is a gridiron football defensive tackle for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He also spent time on the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad from 2005-07. Curry was allocated to NFL Europa by the Jaguars in 2006 and 2007 where he played for Rhein Fire, (recording 21 tackles one sack and one forced fumble) and Berlin Thunder ( recording 27 tackles, 4.5 sacks, three passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Curry has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Saber Cats, and the Toronto Argonauts.

Buddy Curry

In 1980, Buddy was drafted in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons and was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He played eight years with the Falcons, lead the team in tackles each year, and was named Team Captain. Buddy is a graduate and four-year letter winner of the University of North Carolina, where he received a degree in Business Administration and was an All Conference performer and Senior Captain of the football team. He has served as a Georgia Special Olympics Honorary Coach and Drug Enforcement Agency positive role model during his professional football career.  After his Professional football career,  He then moved to Atlanta and is the co-founder and Executive Director of Kids & Pros, Inc., a Non-Profit youth sports camp company which specializes in developing character and athletic skills in young athletes. The company provides children the opportunity to learn football skills as well as develop character while interacting with many of their favorite professional players.  In addition, Buddy served as a business advisor for Velocity Sports Performance to help franchisees acquire, develop, and mature their abilities to maximize revenues and profits.  

Mark McMillian

Mark was drafted into the NFL by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 10th round out of the University of Alabama.   As a rookie, he earned honors by being named to the prestigious All-Madden Team. After a brief stint as a New Orleans Saint, McMillian would later have some of his most celebrated success as a cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs under coach Marty Schottenheimer. In 1997, 5-foot-7-inch, McMillian, was given the nickname “Mighty Mouse” by his teammates and fans by boosting an impressive season with 8 interceptions (tied for the NFL lead) and 3 defensive TDs (longest 87 yards). He also set a Chiefs franchise record for most returned yards (274). Mighty Mac finished his 8 Years in the NFL with the Washington Redskins along side Hall of Famer Daryl Green and Champ Bailey. He now resides in Phoenix, Arizona where he co-hosts a sports radio show on hardhittinradio.com with former NFL player Byron Evans.  Mark also co-founded the Hard Hittin Radio Foundation.  The Foundation brings awareness and help to communities regaurding issues such as Autism, Cancer, Aids, and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). 

Lorenzo White

Lorenzo White is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft. He attended Dillard High School in Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. A 5 ft 11 in running back from Michigan State University, White played in 8 NFL seasons from 1988 to 1995. His best year as a pro came during the 1992 season with the Oilers, rushing for 1,226 yards and 7 touchdowns. He was also selected to play in the Pro Bowl that year. White was nationally known as the "Great White Hope from the Green and White". At Michigan State, White became the first Big Ten Conference running back to compile a 2000-yard season when he had 2,066 yards rushing on 419 attempts during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

  Fred Barnett

Fred Barnett played college football at Arkansas State University.  Barnett was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 1990 NFL Draft.  He played his first six seasons with the Eagles.  In 1992 he recorded his first 1,000 yard season and was selected to the Pro Bowl.  He was on the receiving end of the second longest passing play in Eagles history when Quarterback Randall Cunningham found him for a 95 yard touchdown reception.  His best two seasons were in 1992 and 1994.  In 92' he caught 67 passes for 1,083 yards and 6 touchdowns.  In 94' he caught 78 passes for a career high 1,127 yards and 5 touchdowns.  He ended his career with the Miami Dolphins and retired after the 97' season.

Byron Evans

Byron Evans played college football at the University of Arizona where he was All-Pac ten linebacker from 1985-1986. He was defensive player of the year in 1985 and 1986 for the Wildcats.  He was a finalist for the Butkus Award. Evans was drafted in the fourth round of the 1987 Draft. He was the middle linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles defense from 1987 – 1994. His coach Buddy Ryan called him the “Hardest Hitting Middle Linebacker” in the NFL and was made captain for the defense. In 1989 he lead the team with 184 tackles and had three games with 20 plus stops. Including a career-high 22 tackles at Chicago, October 2, 1989 he recorded 3 interceptions, caused 2 fumbles, and recovered 3 more. In 1991 he finished the season ranked fifth on the team with 111 tackles, served as the defensive signal caller and helped the Eagles become only the sixth team in the NFL history to finish a season ranked #1 in the NFL across the board vs. the pass, the run, and overall in terms of the fewest yards allowed. In 1992 Evans lead the team with 175 tackles, 4 interceptions, and ran 76 yards.  During the Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary, Evans was honored as one of “The Top 75″ athletes to play for the Eagles – he was picked number 71.

Chris Browning

Chris Browning is a former AFL Fullback and Defensive Lineman.  Browning played football at Western Michigan University.  Starting all four years at DE, Browning was named All Mac his junior and senior year.  Browning helped lead the Broncos to two Mac Championships against Marshall University quarterback alums Chad Pennington and Byron Leftwich.  As a captain his senior year, Browning lead the Broncos in TFL’s and sacks.  Chris then participated in several NFL camps before joining the Chicago RUSH.  Chris played several years in the AFL and now runs ProForce Sports Performance Training located in Batavia Illinois.  Browning is the head trainer at ProForce and works with many professional, college, and high school athletes from the Chicago land area.

Mike Sims

Coach Mike Sims has been coaching Quarterbacks for more than 25 years and his passion and dedication to developing young leaders has never been stronger. Well respected at every level, Coach Sims has coached and consulted for a number of NFL teams including the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles & Washington Redskins. No stranger to the College level, Coach Sims served as Quarterback coach for Bowie State University, also teaching as such notable camps as The Manning Passing Academy, Nike Elite 11, Offense/Defense Camp, Art Monk Football Camp and QB Coach for the Temple University Combine.

 Jason Lynch

Raised and Resides in Lemont, IL. Attended Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, IL. While attending JCA, he managed through an honors curriculum and played 4 years of Football and Basketball, Lettering in both for 2 years. In his junior and senior years, Jason was a member of two State Championship teams. As a junior, he played Tight End behind two Division 1 athletes. As a senior he starting at Quarterback and slid over to Tight End. Jason received a scholarship to attend Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, IA and play football at a collegiate level. At Saint Ambrose, he was part of 3 conference championship teams, and named 2^nd team all-conference behind Mr. Irrelevant. He went on to aid the coaching staff at Saint Ambrose for a year.

 
Thomas Boatright

Thomas Boatright graduated from East Aurora High School and qualified for the state championship in the 100m and the 4×100 meter relay. In 1970, he was voted athlete of the year and received a scholarship for football and track at Northeast State in Oklahoma. During his freshman year, he led the nation in punt returns. He also played semi-pro for the Rockford Rams from 1973-74 and in1975 the Chicago Bears invited Boatright to their training camp in 1975.

“Coach Boat” has been credited with the speed and physical development for more than 100 scholarship athletes in the Midwest, across multiple sports including Football, Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, and Soccer.

 Horace Griffin

Coach Griffin is a native of Baltimore, Maryland where he excelled in the classroom and gridiron earning both academic and athletic awards and scholarships. He is a graduate of Union College, where he played tailback, while making two NCAA playoff appearances. He was a captain of the football team his senior year and was awarded the Ronald F. Plumb Memorial Prize in 1988 for exemplifying superior qualities and characteristics as a varsity football player and student-athlete. He has spent the past 19 years coaching youth basketball, football and at college football camps.

 Kelron Sykes

Kelron's coaching experience has been for three seasons of college football, by which two were at a Division II school. He was hired by the Cleveland Browns as a scouting intern in the player personnel department working both college and pro personnel. Then, he had a opportunity to work with the St. Louis Rams in both the college and pro personnel departments.  His duties included developing evaluation reports of the defensive players throughout camp, evaluating free agent defensive players from both Arena Football League and the CFL, and organizing both restricted and unrestricted free agents throughout the league. He finalized his internship by working on advanced scouting in the pro personnel department. There he was to maintain offensive and defensive personnel, personnel substitution, special team personnel, and special team coverage.  He played a successful four years at Oregon State University, by which two were as their starting Linebacker.  He played four seasons in the Arena Football League (Los Angeles Avengers, Georgia Force, Carolina Cobras, and Columbus Destroyers).

George Atkinson

George the "Hit-Man" Atkinson was drafted in 1968 by the Oakland Raiders, out of Morris Brown College.  He played 10 years for the Raiders and 1 year for the Broncos.  His first year in the NFL he was rookie of the year, all league, and led the league in punt return yardage.  In his first game as a Raider he set a single game punt return record of 205 yards on 5 returns and scored one touchdown.  Atkinson played in 8 championship games, and was the starting strong safety in Super Bowl XI.  Their first Super Bowl win.  Atkinson is currently 5th on the Raiders all time interception list with 30 interceptions and 3rd on the all time punt return list.  After retiring from the NFL Atkinson went on to speak at High School assemblies across the country as a member of Jostons Speakers Bureau.  He then moved onto coaching the secondary of the San Jose Sabercats in the Arena Football league for 9 years.  During that time the Sabrecats won 3 Arena Bowls.  As the defensive back he developed 3 players that went onto play in the NFL.  For the past 18 years Atkinson has been the voice of pre and post game radio shows for the Raiders.

Ernest Jones

Born in Utica, a small city in Upstate NY, Ernest often dreamed of playing in the National Football League. After a stellar high school career, Ernest boarded a plane for the first time, headed to the University of Oregon in Eugene. Three thousand miles away in a place that was so ethnically and culturally different than Utica, Ernest excitedly began his plight of achieving his ultimate dream. After receiving numerous awards as a 4 year letterman at Outside Linebacker (voted defensive team captain, defensive Pac-10 player of the week, 2^nd team all Pac-10, selected to Blue-Gray All Star Game), and setting 2 quarterback sack records (both broken in 2008, after standing for 15 years), he was Drafted in the 3^rd round (100^th pick) by the LA Rams. Ernest professional career lasted six years, besides the Rams, he played with the Denver Broncos (Super Bowl XXXII Champions) and the Carolina Panthers. Ernest retired in 1999 after an injury riddled career. Residing in Chandler AZ with his wife of 17 years and 4 children, Ernest now dedicates his life mentoring  both troubled teens and inspiring young athletes. Ernest has been extremely successful as a role model and mentor, rather it’s experiencing the overwhelming joy of a client completing drug rehab or receiving an athletic scholarship.

Gerard Lewis

Coach Gerard Lewis is currently a Offensive/Defensive line coach for Junior Rank Sports. In 2010 Lewis was the Junior Rank Academic All-American 7^th grade East head coach. Coach Lewis is CEO/Founder of Lewis F.A.S.T. Camp where he trains athletes in position specifics, footwork, agility and speed. He is the president of F.A.S.T. CAMP SPORTS home of the F.A.S.T Camp Eagles providing over 300 hundred kids an opportunity to play football, baseball, softball, volleyball, and track. He is the personal trainer for the #14 defensive tackle in the nation Paul Boyette Jr. a Semper Fidelis All-American and University of Texas Longhorn commit and Josh Wilson a current safety for the Baylor Bears. He also trained and coached Eric “Icky” Henderson a former Georgia Tech All-American and Cincinnati Bengal and Brandon “B.G.” Guillory the all time leader in tackles for lost at the University of Louisiana Monroe. He was also a SPARQ trainer and coach in Louisiana for 4 years doing camps with speed guru Tom Shaw and head strength & conditioning coach for the New England Patriots Harold Nash Jr. He has attended and has spoken at 21 high school coaching clinics and does motivational speaking to young athletes. Lewis has 17 years coaching experience.  After hurricane Katrina Coach Lewis relocated to Houston TX. where he is now Defensive Coordinator at Lutheran North High School. Known to the Junior Rank family as “Coach Energy” Coach Lewis really enjoys coaching and teaching our Academic All-American athletes with a great deal of spirit and passion.   


John Bankhead

John graduated from Chula Vista Christian High School in 1983 where he was a 3 sport athlete with CIF honors in Football, Basketball, and Baseball.  In 1983-84 he attended Liberty University in Virginia as a red shirt freshman.  After one year in Virginia, he returned to California and enrolled at Southwestern Junior College in San Diego, California.  There he was a two year starter, two time offensive MFC player of the week, 2nd team all conference honors his sophomore year.  That led to him accepting a Division II full athletic scholarship to Cal Lutheran University.  In 1988 and 1989 he led the Western Football Conference in receiving and received First Team WFC All Conference Honors.  He was ranked as high as #6 in the nation for receiving and finishing in the top 10 in the nation for Division II receivers with the likes of NFL greats Shannon Sharpe and Ben Coates.  After college he was invited by 3 NFL teams to participate as a free agent wide receiver.  Over the last several years he has been operating Bankhead Elite Sports Training in the Inland Empire and now in San Diego County.   

Jerome Daniels

Jerome Daniels was born in Hartford, CT.  Jerome was a 3 sport athlete at Bloomfield High School & earned All-Conference, All-State, & All-New England Honors for Basketball, Track & Football.  Jerome went to play college football at Northeastern University.  Jerome became a two time All-American earning 3 different first team All-American Honors as a Senior.  He was also picked to play in the East vs. West Shrine Game, Senior Bowl & Hula Bowl.  Jerome was the first player in Northeastern History to participate in post season All-Star play.  Jerome was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the Fourth Round of the 1997 NFL Draft.  He also played for the Baltimore Ravens and was the starting left guard for the Arizona Cardinals.  Jerome now co-owns A-Z sports camps & is a tight ends & offensive line coach at Phoenix College.

 




Greg Briner

Briner brings more than 25 years of offensive coaching experience to JuniorRank. Briner has served as the offensive coordinator for Southern Methodist University Mustangs. Prior to SMU, Briner directed the offensive attack for Jim Donnan on two separate occasions, at Marshall University and the University of Georgia. He also served a five-year stint for coaches Rod Dowhower and Ron Meyer of the Indianapolis Colts.  Under Briner's direction, Marshalls Thundering Herd set 32 school, conference and NCAA offensive records en route to a Division I-AA title in 1992 and a return appearance in the finals three years later. At Georgia, Briner mentored quarterbacks who led the SEC in pass efficiency and were ranked fifth in the nation in the same category in 1997.  Briner also guided the U.S. Naval Academy to one of its finest offensive outputs in 1993, establishing new school marks in pass efficiency rating, single-season passing yardage, and completions.  As a player, Briner earned All-American accolades at quarterback for Gardena High School in Los Angeles, Calif. He was also a member the USC Trojan squad that defeated Michigan 10-3 in the 1970 Rose Bowl.

Mazio Royster

Mazio Royster was USC's starting tailback for much of 1990 and 1991, rushing for 1,760 career yards--20th on the all time Trojan list. A silky smooth runner, he burst onto the scene in 1990 as a sophomore, tallying 1,168 yards on the ground while filling in for the injured Ricky Ervins. He was second on the squad in 1991 with 542 yards, then left early for the NFL and was drafted in the 11th round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He spent three seasons with the Buccaneers.  He then played one year in Jacksonville.  After his NFL career, he worked as an actor and model, appearing in such films as 'The Waterboy' and 'Any Given Sunday

Joe DeLamielleure

In the 1970s, Joe DeLamielleure and his Buffalo Bills offensive line mates were dubbed the “Electric Company,” because they “turned the Juice loose.” The “Juice” of course was Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson. An All-America and three-time All-Big Ten performer at Michigan State, “Joe D” as he was known, was selected in the first round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.  He went on to become the most honored lineman of the Bills respected front wall. Eight times during his career he was selected first- or second-team All-Pro; seven times he was named first- or second-team All-AFC, and six times he was named to the Pro Bowl. Since 1970, only two Hall of Fame guards, John Hannah with 10 and Gene Upshaw with seven, were named All-Pro more often. In 1975, the NFL Players Association named him Offensive Lineman of the Year.  Extremely durable and dependable, Joe played in 185 consecutive games during his 13 playing seasons with the Bills and the Cleveland Browns. A starter from the first game of his rookie season, DeLamielleure played and started in every game for eight seasons in Buffalo before being traded to Cleveland in 1980. During five years in Cleveland he played in every game and had only three non-starts.  DeLamielleure was named to the 1970's all decade team and finished his career in 1985.
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Donnie Henderson

Donnie Henderson is entering his 10th season as an NFL assistant and first with the Cardinals after being hired to coach defensive backs on 2/22/10. Henderson comes to the Cardinals with 26 years of coaching experience including NFL jobs with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens.  Henderson spent the 2009 season as a volunteer defensive assistant with the California Redwoods of the UFL. He was the defensive backs coach with Jacksonville in 2008 after working as a consultant to Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis in 2007. He previously worked as the defensive coordinator for Detroit in 2006 as he helped the Lions defense rank 10^th in the NFL with 30 takeaways.  He spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator for the New York Jets (2004-05) where he helped the Jets defense improve from 21^st to 7^th in the NFL in total defense after his first season.  Henderson began his NFL coaching career with Baltimore in 1999 as the assistant defensive backs coach until being promoted in 2000 to coach defensive backs. During Henderson’s tenure with the Ravens from 1999-2003, Baltimore ranked second in the NFL with 88 interceptions and he tutored a secondary that included Pro Bowlers S Rod Woodson, CB Chris McAlister and S Ed Reed.