NFL linebacker, Grant Stuard, returns to The Woodlands for year two of personal football camp.

After two years spent at the highest level of competition, former Oak Ridge War Eagle Grant Stuard returned to the place where his football journey got its start. With kids, parents, and coaches pouring onto the South County Football Leagues' fields, the teaching would get started.

Stuard, now a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, took his time with the young athletes and used his platform to spread knowledge on technique while also showing off his personal strength.

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The display of strength had humble beginnings for Stuard as the only known location of his camp simultaneously acted as a trip down memory lane.

'I could have done a camp anywhere,' explained Stuard. 'But this is where I started playing the game.'

With both experience and resources at his disposal, Stuard sought to do away with the disparities and exclusivity that he experienced when he was getting his start.

'I just remember being young,' said Stuard. 'There were a lot of opportunities to get better around me but they all cost money and I was never really able to get to a lot of them. I wanted to put something together that was free and I wanted to give really applicable knowledge to these kids.'

The knowledge that Stuard began to spread was that of hard work and determination. Having understood the game and taken lessons from countless years of being a student of the sport, Stuard knew the best ways to teach these lessons to the next generation of athletes.

'It's all about being fast and being strong,' said Stuard. 'But if you have the technique and you're able to witness yourself fail and improve, you'll be able to get better from that standpoint.'

Providing the next generation of athletes with the tools to succeed early on was something that Stuard was adamant about in helping future development.

'Imagine if you have technique at 11 years old,' proposed Stuard. 'How much better you're going to be better because of it is why we were really trying to lay a lot of technique down today.'

The lessons expand beyond the technique needed to succeed and pride themselves on the depth to which they get across.

'If I got a couple more NFL guys out here I could have a couple more 100 kids out here,' said Stuard. 'But I want to make sure I'm giving them that quality time and quality reps.'

In-depth time with the next generation of athletes allowed Stuard and the many volunteer coaches present at the camp the opportunity to prepare the young athletes for something further and potentially something greater.