The Jacksonville Jaguars are spending July turning Northeast Florida into a football showcase, with Jaguars PREP rolling out a month of events that lead straight into the NFL Flag Championships in Indiana.
That championship run starts with the Jaguars sending 11 teams to Westfield, Ind., from July 23-26 for the third edition of the event at the Droplight Grand Park Sports Campus. Seven of those teams are Jaguars Elite squads, all of them division winners from the Jaguars NFL Flag Regional in March. They’ll be competing against teams representing other NFL franchises, from 8U through high school.
The headline team in the bunch is the Jaguars Elite 14U boys group, which is back as the defending champion after going 7-0 last year in Canton, Ohio. That title team was led by NFL Flag Player of the Year Brysen Wright, a wide receiver/defensive back, and quarterback Dalton Motes.
The Jaguars PREP slate is bigger than one trip to Indiana, though. The organization says the month is built to develop talent, expand access and strengthen both flag and tackle football pathways for student-athletes in North Florida and Southeast Georgia. More than 1,000 boys and girls are expected to take part, with past Jaguars players and other guests scheduled to be on hand.
Jaguars PREP is also framing the effort as part of a broader push to grow football across Northeast Florida by removing barriers to access, promoting health and safety, building character and creating more opportunities and resources for youth and high school athletes.
The first stop comes July 11 at Jacksonville University, where the Nike Girls Flag Summer Tournament will bring together 17 Northeast Florida girls high school teams. The day runs from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., with round-robin games, opening remarks, a tug-of-war competition and playoff action. Games are set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the tug-of-war contest for 4:15-5 p.m., and playoffs from 5-8 p.m.
A week later, on July 18, the Jaguars and the Global Leadership Academy will open a new football field at the ARTS campus on Lusso Lane in Jacksonville. The ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 9:50 a.m., and the field was financed in part by a $200,000 grant from the NFL Foundation. After the ceremony, about 120 youth from the school will take part in the first camp on the new field, with The Roar of the Jaguars on hand.
The schedule then shifts to the Jags Miller Electric Center on July 21 for High School Media Day, hosted by the Jaguars and Baker's Sporting Goods. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., high school football athletes will go through NFL-style photo shoots and press conference interviews with credentialed media members ahead of the season.
Later that same day, the Jaguars Elite Girls flag football program will hold a signing day for its newest players. The program has become a clear pipeline to the NFL FLAG Championships, with all four Jaguars Elite girls teams - High School, 14U, 12U and 10U - qualifying for the 2026 event.
London Jenkins will also appear. The Fleming Island graduate and 2025 Times-Union girls flag football Player of the Year helped Florida Gateway College win the 2025 National Junior College championship.
Then comes the main event in Indiana, where more than 350 boys and girls teams will compete at the 400-acre Droplight Grand Park Sports Campus, a site just north of Indianapolis that features 34 multi-purpose fields, three full-size indoor fields and a 377,000-square-foot events center. The complex is also home to the Indiana Pacers and the Indy Eleven pro soccer team.
Games involving girls and boys 14U and high school teams will be shown on ESPN, ABC, Disney and the NFL Network.
The Jaguars said the events are open only to scheduled participants.
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