Former Wisconsin Badgers and Atlanta Falcons starting center Peter Konz is helping local football players get ready for their upcoming seasons with an upcoming football camp. From Monday to Thursday of next week (July 8th - July 11th), Konz will use his years of football experience to teach the next generation of football players at Cross Park in Roscoe.
Konz has put together a long football resume over the years. Playing his college football at Wisconsin, he was their starting center from 2009 to 2011 — playing alongside future NFL stars Russell Wilson and J.J. Watt and starting in the Rose Bowl. He was later drafted in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons, playing three and a half seasons on their offensive line.
Now there’s another Konz getting ready to start his football journey.
“Really what spurred this latest football adventure for me is I have a nine year old,” Konz said. “When he got to tackle football age, I really wanted to introduce him in the proper way, I didn’t want to just throw him into the fire. So my wife thought that’d be a great thing to give back to the community and just be involved. So I volunteered for his football team last year.”
Initially skeptical about entering the coaching side of the sport, it didn’t take him long to discover his latest chapter in football.
“I didn’t know if I would like it,” Konz said of joining the coaching world. “Then we got into the speed and agility and this camp is gonna be more football specific. I’ve really enjoyed it. I’ve really enjoyed being able to pull kids aside and really help them on a granular level. Showing them how to do some of these techniques that they’re attempting and really coaching them up. I’m really hoping that this camp is going to move forward for years to come.”
Konz will also give away scholarships to any family in need at the camp. Registration is still open for any football player age 7 or up — anyone interested in joining can email [email protected].
