Tagged: ‘Tyler Wilson’

posted by on February 14, 2013 2:21 PM

Front & Center: Jon Gruden on return of fourth Gruden’s QB Camp

Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden (L) with former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck during Gruden’s QB Camp in 2012. (Tim Casey/ESPN Images)

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For top college quarterbacks moving onto the National Football League, visiting Jon Gruden’s QB Camp has become an annual rite of spring.

The Monday Night Football analyst and Super Bowl-winning coach personally prepares detailed lesson plans for every player.

Last year, Gruden mentored Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill and others, arguably the most successful class of rookie quarterbacks in NFL history.

He helped prep each of them for the jump to the NFL.

(To the delight of fans, Gruden also introduced “Spider 2 Y Banana” into the lexicon.)

Gruden’s QB Camp series presented by Corona Extra is back for a fourth year this spring, beginning Thursday, April 4 at 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) and continuing throughout the month with segments on SportsCenter and NFL studio shows across multiple ESPN networks.

Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden with former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck during Gruden’s QB Camp in 2012. (Tim Casey/ESPN Images)

The SportsCenter specials will offer a first-hand look at some of this year’s top prospects leading up to the 2013 NFL Draft, which ESPN will again televise April 25-27. continue reading…

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posted by on August 1, 2012 7:00 AM

Arkansas’ untouchable duo of Wilson and Davis beats ESPN’s best defenses

Recently, University of Arkansas football players Tyler Wilson and Knile Davis visited our Bristol, Conn. campus as part of the ESPN Car Wash.

Working with ESPN’s Talent Producers, we set up a quick pick-up game of flag football with Tyler and Knile that gave some of our employees a first-hand experience of what it’s like to “compete” against the athletes we spend most of our time discussing.

So who won?

Let’s just say that most of us should stick to our jobs of covering the athletes from the sidelines instead of covering them on the field of play. Even in a pick up game, there’s just no comparison.

Note: I’m the guy in the green taking a face plant in the last part of the video. I still say I would have made the play if I had a pair of cleats on.

Video produced by Dave Williams

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