NFL Tackle Football

Overview

• The NFL 7-on-7 National Tournament presented by The National Guard is a non-contact football tournament for high school students that completed the HSPD program.
• The 7-on-7 program is an extension of the High School Player Development program, as the last segment of each day of football is devoted to 7-on-7 play.
• The program attracts high school athletes who compete in sixteen regional tournaments for the chance to represent an NFL market in the two-day national championship.

The Game

• Each team consists of 10-12 players and two coaches, with seven players on the field at one time.
• The game is 20 minutes long with a three minute halftime. (The last two minutes of each half is real time.)
• The field is 40 yards long with a 10 yard end zone.
• In the National Tournament, teams will play in a round-robin format on day one and be seeded to play in a single elimination playoff format on day two.

Participants

• To qualify to represent a market in the National Tournament, each player will have completed the NFL HSPD program which includes the character development program.
• In 2008, there were approximately 10,000 high school football players enrolled in the HSPD program.
• Sixteen NFL markets were represented at the 2008 NFL 7-on-7 tournament in New Orleans, La. (See History for more information).
• The 2009 National 7-on-7 Tournament will be held in Minneapolis, MN hosted by the Minnesota Vikings!!