FSP Hits The Road In National Approach
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Ford Sports Performance gave their prospects opportunities on a variety of the biggest stages around the country this month. Their continued construction of the top football careers available to each athlete comes through expenditure of maximum labor on the players’…
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Continue ReadingFord Sports Performance gave their prospects opportunities on a variety of the biggest stages around the country this month. Their continued construction of the top football careers available to each athlete comes through expenditure of maximum labor on the players’ and companies’ ends. Here are a look at the results of rigorous planning and execution by Tracy Ford and his team, which have advanced their program to a nationwide brand- and legitimized our state’s football culture on a national scale.
FSP started the month by attending The NW Showcase at Western Oregon University. They brought over 90 players total to the event, with ’24 Prospects DL AJ Tanupo AJ Tanupo 6'4" | 285 lbs | DL Eastside Catholic | 2024 State WA winning the overall MVP and Ambrose Marsh Ambrose Marsh 6'1" | 170 lbs | DB Eastside Catholic | 2024 State WA taking the DB MVP honors. Several underclassmen had excellent days, with ’25 OL Demetri Manning Demetri Manning 6'7" | 340 lbs | OL Bellevue | 2025 State WA , ’26s LB Wassie Lugolobi Wassie Lugolobi 6'2" | 220 lbs | LB Eastside Catholic | 2026 State WA and DE FA Siale FA Siale 6'3" | 265 lbs | DL O'Dea | 2026 State WA , as well as ’27 LB Liufau Loumoli Liufau Loumoli 6'1" | 210 lbs | LB Eastside Catholic | 2027 WA all gaining multiple offers on dominant performances.
Dozens of them visited the University Of Oregon that night before leaving for Oregon State’s Prospect Camp that morning. They tightened their grip on a loaded field of reps to let their ability contrast further among campers. ’24 DB Brandon Ervin Brandon Ervin 6'0" | 175 lbs | DB Lincoln | 2024 State WA began to recapture his All-American form while building dissatisfaction with every imperfection. ’25 TE Noah Flores Noah Flores 6'4" | 225 lbs | TE Graham Kapowsin | 2025 State WA and ’26 WR Asa Thompson Asa Thompson 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Eastside Catholic | 2026 State WA received offers from the University while ’26 WR Rico Blassingame, ’25 RB Akeem Murph Akeem Murph 5'8" | 170 lbs | RB Rainier Beach | 2025 State WA Jr and ’25 DB LaRon Paige raised the bar for all underclassmen.
The next day, the program took over a dozen players on their Arizona trip, arriving at the University Of Arizona first. The visit was made worthwhile by Coaches Johnny Nansen, Scottie Graham, and Jordan Paopao, although Armando Hawkins took over the visit and made the group feel truly welcome. They visited Arizona State the next day and were met with great hospitality from connections that appreciated the program’s tight-knit culture. TE Coach Jason Mohns had previously coached blue-chip FSP Alum ’20 CB Kelee Ringo at Saguaro HS and emphasized the community’s ability to continue through ASU. The ties continued in Offensive Coordinator Beau Baldwin, a Tacoma Native and Curtis HS Graduate excited to command his home state’s top talent. The ties went beyond the staff when meeting ’20 Program Alum WR Xavier Gilloury, a recent transfer who the players found a role model in. He went above and beyond to give back by taking the prospects to a local high school to practice. Several received offers to play for the Sun Devils and were left with long-lasting impressions.
The nationwide exposure continued with a trip to the South, bringing four of the program’s brightest talents in Manning, Siale, and ’25s TE T’Andre Waverly T’Andre Waverly 6'4" | 225 lbs | TE Kamiak | 2025 State WA and LB Zaydrius Rainey-Sale Zaydrius Rainey-Sale 6'3" | 220 lbs | LB Bethel | 2025 State WA . They began by visiting the two-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs whose attention to detail stood out. They continued to the three Power 5 Florida schools in Florida State, University Of Florida and finished at the University of Miami. Manning and Rainey-Sale received new offers on the Florida visit, while all four of them left with offers after the Prospect Camps held by FSU and Miami. They established themselves, the program and the entire state by setting the tone in a largely uncharted region for Washington prospects.
The final program trip of June focused on another vital division of colleges in the Ivy League. FSP brought a handful of their best student athletes to visits at Princeton and Harvard and Prospect Camps at Columbia and Yale over the past weekend, while other members made their way to Brown’s Prospect Camp. They arrived home early Monday morning after furthering FSP’s reach to yet another region and level of prestige. No offer news has been made available yet.
While FSP dominated Prospect Camps around the country by traveling in packs, other members forged their own path on recruiting trips as well. ’24 OL Isendre Ahfua Isendre Ahfua 6'5" | 330 lbs | OL ODea | 2024 State WA visited Texas A&M and Miami individually, while ’24s QB EJ Caminong EJ Caminong 6'2" | 195 lbs | QB Garfield | 2024 State WA and DB Rahshawn Clark Rahshawn Clark 6'0" | 180 lbs | ATH Garfield | 2024 State WA took an official visit to Cal this weekend as they narrow their choices (Caminong ended up committing yesterday). Another of the nation’s top ’24 players in RB Jason Brown Jason Brown 5'10" | 205 lbs | ATH ODea | 2024 State WA took an official visit to Michigan State this weekend as he prepares for his final season of prep ball.
In conclusion, Team FSP will continue to pioneer into the unknown and push for Washington’s respect around the country. They’re in the process of forming a Spring Tackle team that can challenge the likes of any other state, pulling the best players from around the Northwest to make it happen. As goals are meant to be achieved, the hunger keeps growing and the objectives harden with the results. They’ve set their sights on the national stage and are advancing on it with each coming day.