Football For All - USA Football Podcast

Two high schools put that share a city and a history, put aside their rivalry to help bring football to children with disabilities.

Anthony Silvestri is a man ahead of his time. He was playing high level flag football in college before that was a thing. Several years later, he now coaches his daughter Devyn, who found her love for flag at the perfect time. The quarterback was just named the 2A State player of the year in Florida and has a bright future ahead of her.

Connor Daley started to help out the Weymouth High Football Team a few years go. His goal was to make a few friends before high school started after being bullied badly in grade school and opting to be homeschooled for 7th and 8th grade. Instead of making some friends, he made brothers and made an impression on the team and those around him that will be felt for years.

Offering multiple game types helps bring more people to the game. TackleBar is a limited contact way to play and part of the transition from non-contact to contact. We spoke with Tom Flood, an athletic director that added TackleBar and saw his participation number rise.

Part 2: When we think of football families - it's often a father and son, but that's not always the case. This is a two-episode series where we talk with a mom and son who both play tackle football, each pushing for the top of the sport.

When we think of football families - it's often a father and son, but that's not always the case. In the first of a two-episode series, we talk with a mom and son who both play tackle football, each pushing for the top of the sport.

Georgia recently added girls flag football as a sanctioned high school sport. The Atlanta Falcons were a major player in making that happen. In this episode, we speak to Amanda Dinkel, Falcons community relations manager, and Scarlett Grantham, a HS athletic director early on the flag train about how it went from a dream to reality.

After seeing a story about a type of football that let children with disabilities play the game, a Wisconsin youth league leader wanted to bring that to his community. This is the story of the start and impact of the Challenger League run by Fox Valley Pop Warner.

Guests: Darrell Taylor of the Cleveland Browns, Coach Chuck Kyle of Saint Ignatius Football and Drew Haddad, local football coach and former NFL WR. The topic - Rookie Tackle, a modified way to play football that allows kids to gradually increase contact before moving to traditional full field 11 on 11 tackle.

Guest: OJ Jenkins, CEO of the Women's National Football Conference and former U.S. National Team member. OJ shares her journey from playing football with cousins on blacktop in South Central LA to founding an adult women's tackle league primed for growth.