What happens when two outstanding special teams coaches and instructors get together to run an event?
The answer is simple. A success.
When Chris Husby and Dan Lundy got together at Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons to run the South Florida Special Teams Camp, it was a meeting of two highly successful coaches with a passion to elevate kickers, punters and long snappers.
For Husby, a Minnesota-based instructor who runs the Special Teams Football Academy, www.Phase3Kicking.com and is the co-founder of the National Kicking Rankings, the opportunity to bring his event to south Florida was something that he had looked forward to.
Phase 3 Kicking (P3K) was developed to meet industry and collegiate demand for a competition-based evaluation platform for kickers, punters, and long snappers.
After months of research, they developed an improved state-of-the-art competition format camp that has produced a better assessment and feedback to compare special teams performers’ current abilities to data from all division levels of college football.
“No more are the days of guessing how good you are,” Husby explained. “Our patent-pending 'Specialist Algorithm' © is giving an accurate assessment of how prepared you are to perform at the next level of football.”
They are able to individually compare kicks and punts to a REAL college game standard. This will give them the confidence to rank high in college football recruiting rankings.
Coach Lundy - Founder of 4th Down University (https://4thdownu.com/) – has been instrumental in the state of Florida in helping to developing special teams prospects for high school and college.
4th Down University’s provides unparalleled training and instruction for coaches, kickers, punters, and snappers.
“Our clients learn to prepare, train, compete, and execute through an objective, technical and tactical curriculum,” Lundy said. “In 19 years, dozens of 4DU clients play in the NFL and over 100 have earned college scholarships, many earning All American and All Conference honors.”
SOUTH FLORIDA EVENT ATTRACTS SOME TALENTED PROSPECTS
There were some outstanding specialists who took part in the event, showcasing the talent that Florida has to offer – in each class.
Jacksonville Atlantic Coast senior kicker Kristian Karoglan came in first in kicking – with Plantation American Heritage first-year senior Wylie Shaw coming in second and Davie Western junior Kristian Hobbs finishing third.
Here is a look at some of the other kickers on hand:
2023
Jeffrey Hernandez (Coconut Creek)
Patrick Keough (Miami Palmetto)
Aidan Martinez (Miami Norland)
Christian Silverstein (Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons)
Isaiah Wilson
2024
Santi Eiroa
2025
Ethan Silva
2026
Dominic Celli (Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas)
Adrian Muelle (Miami Belen Jesuit)
2027
Alejandro Martinez
Cole Rodriguez
LONG SNAPPERS
Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons senior standout Trey Dubuc took home first place in the competition. He is headed to the University of South Florida next year.
Cardinal Gibbons freshman Joshua Silverstein was second.
Here is a look at some of the other long snappers who came out:
2023
Jason Burchfield (Merritt Island)
Michael Delgado
2024
Jacob Schooley (Rockledge)
Camp Charting Results: https://www.phase3kicking.com/assets/uploads/camp_result/lts09-18-22ortauderdale1166394590042.pdf
Camp Competition Results: https://www.phase3kicking.com/assets/uploads/camp_result/18-22ortauderdale-heet11166394596415.pdf
TRACKING SOUTH FLORIDA (MIAMI-DADE & BROWARD) PROSPECTS – CLASSES 2023-2026. https://larryblustein.com/prospects/tracking-south-florida-prospects
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