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Chuck Ramsey:  Camp Director

 

*Punter for the New York Jets All-Time Team

*All-American at Wake Forest University

*First Punter Drafted in the 1974 NFL Draft

Mr. Ramsey has many years of experience running football camps and grooming high school players for the college game.  At Wake Forest University, from 1970 to 1973, Mr. Ramsey was the consummate athlete, starting at punter, kicker, and quarterback for the Demon Deacons.  His stellar senior season produced award after award as he was named consensus NCAA All-American, leading the nation in punting with a 44.8 yard average.  After showcasing his talents in a record five post-season all-star games (Blue-Gray game, North-South Shrine game, East-West Shrine game, Hula Bowl, and coaches All-America game), Mr. Ramsey became the 1st kicker drafted in the 1974 NFL Draft.  He chose to play a season in the World Football League with the Chicago Fire before finishing his career with the New York Jets.   For eight seasons, Mr. Ramsey handled all the punting duties while playing backup QB and place-kicker for the Jets.  In 2003, he was selected as the punter for the New York Jets All-Time Team.  At West High School, (Knoxville, TN) Mr. Ramsey played football, basketball, ran track, and was the school's #1 tennis player.  His All-State quarterbacking and punting earned him a full ride to Wake Forest.

 

 

 

 

Jan Chapman:  Coach


*Head Football Coach at Southwestern College

*All-American Quarterback at the University of San Diego

*42 years of high school and college coaching experience

*University of San Diego Athletic Hall of Fame

 

Coach Chapman knows what college coaches are looking for and he knows how the system works.  He recruits high school athletes, constantly working with them to clear the numerous hurdles that are NCAA requirements.  Coach Chapman is entering his 44th year coaching football, the last 25 at Southwestern Community College.  After his days of playing quarterback at the University of San Diego, he had a brief playing career with the San Diego Chargers.  Coach Chapman began coaching football, basketball and track in 1962.  At Arkansas City High School in Kansas, Mr. Chapman earned All-State honors at quarterback in 1953.  In 1958, Mr. Chapman was thrust into the spotlight as the National Junior College Javelin Champion.  His success on the playing field and on the sidelines lead to his 1995 induction into the University of San Diego Athletic Hall of Fame.  Coach Chapman was also recently honored by his induction into the Cowley County Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in Arkansas City, Kansas, Class of 2005.

 

 

Chuck Roper:  Scholarship Coordinator


*Wide Receiver and Punter at Carson Newman College

*Three seasons in the CFL

*Highly successful business owner in North Carolina

*Eight years experience training college-bound prep stars

 

 Mr. Roper has been training high school football players and preparing them for college-level competition since 1997.  He is instrumental, not only in the athletic development of his understudies, but also in connecting prep athletes with college coaches across the country.  His passion for helping athletes achieve their goals on and off the field lead to the creation of Next Level Prep.  Mr. Roper scouts players and analyzes a combination of the academic and athletic accomplishments of NLP Athletes to give them the greatest possible exposure to college coaches, thereby generating more scholarship opportunities than would otherwise be possible.  Mr. Roper has trained with numerous NFL athletes and also appeared in the movie North Dallas Forty.  At East Henderson High School, Chuck Roper broke the school record for receiving yards in a season and earned All-State honors as a punter and wide receiver. 

Darren Brown:  Kicking Instructor


*All-American Kicker at Wofford College

*Two seasons in the National Indoor Football League *Graduate of the University of Texas School of Law ('05)

*Seven years experience working with high school kickers

 

Mr. Brown is responsible for the accounting, legal (once he passes the bar this July), and marketing aspects of NLP.  He created the web site and most of its content thanks in large part to his undergraduate degree in computer science.  Besides kicking for four years at Wofford College, he volunteered weekly in the Spartanburg community and also served as Chairman of the Wofford College Judicial Court.  While attending one of the top 15 law schools in the country (UT), Mr. Brown kicked for the Austin Rockers and the Beaumont Drillers of the NIFL.  At East Henderson High School, he earned nine varsity letters playing football, soccer, and baseball.  His accomplishments in the classroom and on the football field lead to a scholarship at Wofford College, where he broke school and Southern Conference records in route to NCAA Division 1-AA All-American honors.

 
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