UpStart College of Football Science
Official combine testing is coming to Legend2Legacy and UpStart events, measured with Zybek Sports technology
Educate • Develop • Compete • Elevate
Somewhere this season, a kid is going to get looked at instead of your child. Not because he is better. Because he had a real number and your athlete had a stopwatch and a rumor.
That is the part nobody says out loud. A hand-held stopwatch is a person reacting to something they thought they saw. A laser breaks the instant an athlete moves. The gap between those two numbers has decided who got a second look and who never got a first one, for a very long time. Beginning in 2027, that changes for the families who walk through our gates
What is coming
We partnered with Zybek Sports, the company that has supplied the fully automated laser timing system used at the NFL Scouting Combine since 2011. They test athletes from pre-kindergarten through professionals, which is exactly why this works for us
40-Yard Dash
with 10 and 20 splits
Pro Agility
change of direction
Broad Jump
lower body power
Vertical Jump
explosiveness
THE MISSION
THE OPERATION
OFFICIAL COMBINE TESTING PARTNER
Girls and boys. Flag and tackle. Ages seven through eighteen. Tested the same way, season after season, so a family ends up with a growth curve instead of a guess.
Most combine testing is a photograph. We are building a film
See it for yourself
Do not take our word for it. Watch the drills your athlete will run, then watch what a full-scale testing event actually looks like.
Pro Agility Shuttle
What a full-scale event looks like
This is the size and the standard of testing operation coming to our events. Watch it once and you will understand why we did not try to build this ourselves.
Where the testing is going
This is not one event. Official combine testing is coming across the board.
The Flag Tour
national, city to city
Showcase Camps
tackle and flag
Pop-Up Regionals
testing in your market
Championships
the biggest stages
Stay tuned for more information. Host cities and dates are being locked in now, and this list goes out to the families below first
Three things we are announcing soon
A national Top 100
Pop-up combines run by our Regional Directors in local markets, producing a verified Top 100 by age group in tackle and flag. Built on measurements, not opinions. Host cities are being confirmed now.
The Combine Conversation
Before a single athlete is tested, we are running a free education series for parents, athletes, and coaches on what these numbers mean, what they do not mean, and where evaluation is headed. Free to attend. Schedule coming.
Beyond the field
Through The Crossroads, our media arm, our athletes get told, not just measured. Including media readiness training, because knowing how to speak for yourself pays whether you play another down or not.
Why families are already asking
Because a number is not the point. What it unlocks is.
Parents tell us the same thing every season. They are spending the weekends, the gas money, and the registration fees, and they want to know it is buying something more than a trophy on a shelf. This is what more looks like. A verified baseline your athlete owns, a plan built off it, and proof next year that the work worked
Testing does not guarantee recruitment, a ranking, or a roster spot. Be careful with anyone who tells you it does.
What it does is make sure your athlete is not invisible
COUNT ME I
Be first when testing opens in your area
Host cities, dates, pricing, and the free education schedule go out to this list first. We will also tell you when a pop-up combine is coming to your state.
With gratitude and purpose,
Thomas S. Epps Jr.
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Legend2Legacy Foundation Inc. Senior Managing Partner, UpStart Sports Marketing Science LLC Thomas.Epps@legend2legacy.org | 302-983-0668
Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30 PM Eastern
Free. Live on WatchSports.com. Open to anyone in the country.