ARLINGTON – Taylor High School varsity football was represented over the weekend as senior linebacker Jaden Rush attended the Junior Day Football National Showcase camp on July 16 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Players from 44 states were in attendance over the weekend at the camp and were divided into teams for 7-on-7 scrimmages against one another. The showcase at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, which is in just its third year as a camp, had its numbers increase even more compared to the 2022 session.
Rush and his fellow players from across the United States were also evaluated in measurable skills like the 40-yard dash, broad jump and other metrics.
Athletes in attendance were evaluated by coaches from colleges such as Bowie State University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Mount Saint Joseph University, Lincoln University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Ottawa University Arizona, Rocky Mountain College, Texas Lutheran University, Texas Wesleyan University and Western Connecticut State University.
It featured college head coaches, coordinators and top assistants who made sure that each college program properly evaluated all football players in attendance.
Rush will return to help anchor a Ducks’ defense in 2023 in hopes of returning to the playoffs after he racked up 59 total tackles as a junior last season.
