D1 Trains More than 60 NFL Athletes During Lockout

During the lockout this offseason, D1 was fortunate to train more than 60 NFL athletes. Check out a complete list of athletes who trained at D1 go to www.Facebook.com/D1Sports. Some of the athletes included A.J. Hawk, Leon Hall, Michael Griffin, Earl Bennett, DeMeco Ryans, Keith Bulluck, Jordan Shipley, Kyle Vanden Bosch, Peyton Manning, Lance Moore, Tim Tebow, Donovan McNabb, Steve Smith, Kevin Williams, Jerraud Powers and D.J. Williams.

Seven-year-old D1 Chatt Athlete Wins World Series

Congrats to D1 Chattanooga athlete Carson Yates. Carson's team, Fury 8, won the Grande Slam Sports World Series in Panama City, Florida. The Fury beat, Canes Baseball out of Irving, Texas to take the World Series Title. Carson hit .696 for the tournament & hit .659 for the season. At 7-years-old and the youngest player on the team, Carson was 2nd on the team in all offensive categories. Great job Carson!

D1 Little Rock Athlete Wins Wrestling Tourney

D1 Little Rock athlete, Jackson Marchant won his first national wrestling tournament last week. Jackson, 13, has been training with D1 for the past six months to increase his strength. First, he began working with coach Michael Butler and now with working with coach Ben Faires. Michael was able to to get Jackson in top shape so Ben can now “fine tune” him. Ben can be very creative with the workouts! This keeps Jackson interested and motivated!

Jackson started wrestling when he was 9 years old. Greg Hatcher first introduced him to the sport and Pat Smith has become his wrestling coach. The Midwest Army National Tournament is a summer tournament held each year in Bloomington, IL. This year Jackson weighed in at 93lbs. There were 12 wrestlers in his bracket. After winning three matches, he was wrestling in the finals for first place. Three overtimes later, he became the Champion!

A combination of D1’s Strength training and Pat Smith’s wrestling techniques are what has allowed Jackson to become the athlete he is today.

Congrats to Undrafted Free Agents Signing in the NFL

Below is a list of D1 athletes who just signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents! Good luck in Training Camp!

Kyle Adams, TE, Purdue - Chicago Bears
Brandon Bair, DL, Oregon - Kansas City Chiefs
Damien Berry, RB, Miami (FL) - Baltimore Ravens
Jerrod Johnson, QB, Texas A&M - Philadelphia Eagles
Brian Lainhart, S, Kent State - Cincinnati Bengals
Joe Lefeged, S, Rutgers - Indianapolis Colts
Cobrani Mixon, LB, Kent State - Detroit Lions
Nick Reveiz, LB, Tennessee - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cedric Thornton, DL, Southern Arkansas - Philadelphia Eagles
Julian Posey, CB, Ohio University - New York Jets
Chris Harr, OL, UT-Chattanooga - Kansas City Chiefs
Aaron Feld, LS, Mississippi State - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kevin Gidrey, FB, South Florida - Washington Redskins

Bryan Hall, DL, Arkansas St. - Baltimore Ravens

Eddie Vallery, LB, Wittenberg - Pittsburgh Steelers

AJ Hawk Talks Training During Clinch Gear Shoot

Averitt Express/D1 Corporate Wellness Holds 4th Annual 5k

Averitt/D1 Corporate Wellness Center just held their 4th Annual 5k Race. The race was held on the Averitt Corporate Campus which is located in Cookeville, Tennessee. There were 124 participants that ran or walked the 5k race. This is double from the previous year. The ages ranged from 6 to 76 and were divided by age and sex. The overall male was Logan Denson age 14 with a time of 22:16 and the overall female was Theresa Grinder age 45 with age of 24:08. Congratulations to our overall male and female for the fastest time and thank you for all that people that participated. We hope to make it bigger and better every year.