While attending an Offense-Defense Football Camp this Summer, Ezra Barnette, 11, of Rome, was named an Offense-Defense All-American and invited to participate in the 7th-annual Offense-Defense Bowl Week festivities taking place at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Ezra, a quarterback for Armuchee Mites team, was selected for this honor from a group of young athletes numbering in the thousands across the country and played well representing Rome, easily validating the Bowl Selection Committee’s choice in tabbing Ezra for the All-Star tilt.

The Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl is part of a week long series of events including the televised, 7th-annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, an All-Star football game showcasing 88 of the top high school seniors in the country, and has featured current NFL pros such as Cam Newton, Carlos Dunlap, and Dez Bryant among others before they were collegiate stars.

Offense-Defense Sports has been running full-contact football instructional camps for the past 44 years and currently operates in approximately 40 camp locations nationwide every spring and summer.

For more information visit http://www.o-d.com.