BEAVERTON, Oregon — It's time to head back to "football heaven."
The Opening, an annual showcase featuring 166 top high school prospects, gets underway July 5 at Nike's world headquarters. Premier athletes from across North America will make this pilgrimage to the Pacific Northwest for an opportunity to solidify their status as celebrated collegiate recruits.
Action opens with quarterbacks and receivers operating in various offensive settings before players at every position enter the equation July 7, continuing to compete through July 10. Many of those in attendance carry dozens of scholarship offers—some arriving as early as middle school—and each was selected from thousands of competitors at 14 regional camps that spanned from February to May.