This summer marks the third year that NCAA Football Youth Clinics will partner with bowls in various cities to bring young football players together with coaches and student-athletes from NCAA Football teams for a day-long session of agility drills, offensive and defensive training, and character development. NCAA Football partners with the bowls to ensure that clinic attendees have the best experience possible as they receive instruction from college football coaches and participate in a series of drills that collegiate student-athletes perform to learn the fundamentals of the game.

NCAA Football Youth Day Clinics began in New Orleans in 2007 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Since its inception, the program has continued to expand each year and will include 22 bowls in 2010. This year’s new host cities include Arlington, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; Charlotte, N.C.; El Paso, Texas; Jacksonville, Fla.; Orlando; Pasadena, Calif.; San Diego; San Francisco; Shreveport, La.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Washington, D.C.