Offense-Defense Football Camps
Northern Arizona University, 6101 Montana Ave, El Paso, AZ 79925
About
Offense-Defense Football Camps offers instructional football camps that include football training and instruction, Standard Athletic Testing (S.A.T.), youth and high school football showcases, player development clinics, girls flag clinics, combines, leagues, and tournaments. The program also includes recruiting activities, awards dinners, press conferences, the ODFL National tournament, Youth All-American Bowl Games, a youth football convention, and a coaches clinic.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Bowl Week is a week-long series of events.
Offense-Defense Football Camps uses NFL players and coaches, and college coaches as part of its coaching staff. Offense-Defense Sports started with one instructional football camp in the summer of 1969 and has been helping youth and high school athletes for over five decades. The stated mission is to deliver football training and instruction at full contact and at full speed. The organization states that players learn safe, game-winning techniques, tenacity, fair play, and teamwork, and that professional and quality instruction is provided for beginners, with advanced instruction for skilled players. Its philosophy focuses on teaching technique, not tactics, and includes instruction on how to improve stamina, speed, and agility.
Standard Athletic Testing (S.A.T.) evaluates all measurables, and athletes are evaluated using a modified pro-style system. Coaches rank and evaluate abilities using a star system, and athletes are ranked by position and age group, locally and nationally, using Standardized Athletic Testing, evaluations, and coach feedback. Campers receive free online access to an O-D personal, Placement, Recruiting, and Exposure (PREview) profile. Showcase locations are available nationwide, with commuter and overnight options, as well as non-contact and full-contact curriculum, and the football showcases and player development clinics use a progressive curriculum developed for all levels of play by NFL and college coaching staff.
Offense-Defense football camps are used to evaluate the best high school athletes for inclusion in the end-of-year Offense-Defense All-American Bowl Week, where 80 of the top high school athletes across the country are invited to play. Bowl Week includes awards dinners, press conferences, the ODFL National tournament, Youth All-American Bowl Games, a youth football convention, and a coaches clinic, and players can earn an invitation with 1,000+ players to compete in 28 games once a year in cities like Dallas, Los Angeles, and Orlando. Players can play in up to three games a day in the summer, rules permitting, with college and pro coaches. Athletes who have participated in the Bowl include Cam Newton, Dez Bryant, Joe Haden, Rolando McClain, Earl Thomas, Golden Tate, and Carlos Dunlap, and Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson were MVPs of the O-D All-American Bowl.
Over 600 Offense-Defense alumni from camps and Bowl have gone on to the NFL, and 28 of 32 NFL teams have active Offense-Defense alumni. The organization states that it has the largest number of FBS Division 1 signees and that it puts more players in college and the NFL than any other football showcases or training organizations in the United States. Offense-Defense reports that, after speaking with every pro team’s PR or Community Relations department, it discovered that there are hundreds of former O-D campers in the NFL. The organization also states: “The love of Jesus compels us to serve others. We believe everyone has been created on purpose and for a purpose. When we compete according to the word of God, by the power of God, and for the glory of God, we can close the gap between performance and potential.” Attention information provided by the program notes that, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond its control, camp dates and locations can change without notice, and once changes are made to a facility location or date, a camper has 30 days to either confirm or cancel.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Bowl Week is a week-long series of events.
Offense-Defense Football Camps uses NFL players and coaches, and college coaches as part of its coaching staff. Offense-Defense Sports started with one instructional football camp in the summer of 1969 and has been helping youth and high school athletes for over five decades. The stated mission is to deliver football training and instruction at full contact and at full speed. The organization states that players learn safe, game-winning techniques, tenacity, fair play, and teamwork, and that professional and quality instruction is provided for beginners, with advanced instruction for skilled players. Its philosophy focuses on teaching technique, not tactics, and includes instruction on how to improve stamina, speed, and agility.
Standard Athletic Testing (S.A.T.) evaluates all measurables, and athletes are evaluated using a modified pro-style system. Coaches rank and evaluate abilities using a star system, and athletes are ranked by position and age group, locally and nationally, using Standardized Athletic Testing, evaluations, and coach feedback. Campers receive free online access to an O-D personal, Placement, Recruiting, and Exposure (PREview) profile. Showcase locations are available nationwide, with commuter and overnight options, as well as non-contact and full-contact curriculum, and the football showcases and player development clinics use a progressive curriculum developed for all levels of play by NFL and college coaching staff.
Offense-Defense football camps are used to evaluate the best high school athletes for inclusion in the end-of-year Offense-Defense All-American Bowl Week, where 80 of the top high school athletes across the country are invited to play. Bowl Week includes awards dinners, press conferences, the ODFL National tournament, Youth All-American Bowl Games, a youth football convention, and a coaches clinic, and players can earn an invitation with 1,000+ players to compete in 28 games once a year in cities like Dallas, Los Angeles, and Orlando. Players can play in up to three games a day in the summer, rules permitting, with college and pro coaches. Athletes who have participated in the Bowl include Cam Newton, Dez Bryant, Joe Haden, Rolando McClain, Earl Thomas, Golden Tate, and Carlos Dunlap, and Cam Newton and Lamar Jackson were MVPs of the O-D All-American Bowl.
Over 600 Offense-Defense alumni from camps and Bowl have gone on to the NFL, and 28 of 32 NFL teams have active Offense-Defense alumni. The organization states that it has the largest number of FBS Division 1 signees and that it puts more players in college and the NFL than any other football showcases or training organizations in the United States. Offense-Defense reports that, after speaking with every pro team’s PR or Community Relations department, it discovered that there are hundreds of former O-D campers in the NFL. The organization also states: “The love of Jesus compels us to serve others. We believe everyone has been created on purpose and for a purpose. When we compete according to the word of God, by the power of God, and for the glory of God, we can close the gap between performance and potential.” Attention information provided by the program notes that, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond its control, camp dates and locations can change without notice, and once changes are made to a facility location or date, a camper has 30 days to either confirm or cancel.
Last updated July 25, 2026.
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