High school football players showcased their skills at the 2025 York Mega Practice, drawing college coaches seeking recruits.
YORK, Pa. — The York Mega Practice returned for 2025, allowing some of the best high school football players from around the area to show off their skills.
“I’ve been working day in, day out and knowing that this, the big day is coming and it’s here,” said junior offensive lineman Oji Numa on the excitement around the return of the practice. “It’s going to be a lot of coaches here, a lot of faces, a lot of people to meet and connections to be built.”
A day that local athletes have spent months preparing for, the York Mega Practice.
Mega Practice Co-organizer Ben Cregger said the appeal of the practice for coaches is that “here’s one spot to be at and it’s going to make it easy for you to start the process with some of the kids with recruiting or there’s some kids that are here and some coaches that their performance is going to solidify whether they get an offer or not.”
Jason Matte, a parent of one of the freshmen attending this year’s practice said the event is “all about being able to go up to a coach, shaking hands with them, and then going out and performing.”
Football players from around Central Pennsylvania and beyond were all looking to ball out in front of college coaches from every level.
Matte saying “we get skipped over sometimes, but there’s a lot of great athletes and obviously there’s a lot of great athletes that are traveling to come into York and it just gives them the opportunity to continue to pursue their dreams.”
Events like the Mega Practice are even more important now with the growing impact the transfer portal is having on high school recruiting.
“A lot of times they kind of see you as an afterthought because everybody goes to the portal first and then kind of reevaluates and reshuffles,” said Gettysburg College linebacker coach Dan Beard on the state of high school recruiting.
Cregger adding, “Now instead of where at this point more high school kids would have offers, it’s a wait and see what happens.”
High schoolers now have to work harder than ever to put their fate back into their own hands.
“It’s just how the game is today,” said Numa. “There’s kids in the transfer portal, there’s kids in high school, you have to be the best one out there.”
The Mega Practice helped connect coaches with prospective players as local high school standouts continue to work towards their ultimate goals of attending college and playing football at the next level.
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