{"id":4723,"date":"2011-09-02T06:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2011-09-02T06:58:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T12:58:04","slug":"nsr-qb-prospect-has-time-of-his-life-at-manning-passing-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-qb-prospect-has-time-of-his-life-at-manning-passing-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR QB Prospect Has Time of His Life at Manning Passing Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Sydeski’s Summer Adventure an Extraordinary Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thomas Sydeski stands alongside NFL All-Pro QB Peyton Manning during a passing drill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What more could a kid want?\u00a0\u00a0Being accepted to attend\u00a0the Manning Passing Academy<\/a> must be a heady accomplishment to begin with, but then add having the unbelievable chance to stand alongside Peyton Manning<\/a> himself during a workout session.\u00a0 That’s what NSR quarterback prospect Thomas Sydeski<\/a> did this summer.\u00a0 Think his feet have touched the ground yet?\u00a0 Probably not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Make no mistake, Thomas is a legit college prospect.\u00a0 At 6’4″ and 180 pounds, the rising junior quarterback from Brockport High in Brockport, New York, has the size and tools to drawn attention, but Thomas was hungry for more.\u00a0 He wanted desperately to learn from the best, so he gave it his best shot by applying to the Manning Passing Academy held from July 7 through 10 on the campus of Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Louisiana.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The camp attracts some of America’s top\u00a0high school\u00a0skill players —\u00a0quarterbacks, tight ends, running backs\u00a0and wide receivers.\u00a0\u00a0 The Academy and event are\u00a0overseen by the Manning family who supervises a staff of more than 80 assistants.\u00a0 The\u00a0Academy’s online site says that “The coaching and counseling staff are further complemented with successful college and high school coaches from across the nation as well as outstanding college players from top programs including Alabama, Auburn, Dartmouth, Florida, Georgia, Harvard, Jackson State, Kentucky, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State, Nicholls State, North Carolina State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Tulane, ULL and more.”\u00a0 Impressive stuff, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Thomas got what he went for\u00a0and more.\u00a0\u00a0We asked Thomas,\u00a0one of NSR’s top ’13 QB prospects,\u00a0to\u00a0share his experiences with us and received this note in return:\u00a0\u00a0“The Manning Passing Academy was the highlight of my summer. I was afforded the opportunity to not only get first hand instruction from the Manning family but also from some of the best college players and coaches such as Jordan Jefferson (LSU), Andrew Luck (Stanford), Kellen Moore (BSU), former NSR Prospect Landry Jones (OU), as well as Coach Dave Shula and Coach John Gruden. My favorite memory from the camp was being chased down by Coach Gruden in a scrambling drill, he’s fast! I am looking forward to further developing the skills I learned from camp and applying them this season. I’d highly recommend the Manning Passing Academy to any quarterback as well as receivers and backs looking to better their game. You will see me there next summer for sure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thomas Sydeski’s Summer Adventure an Extraordinary Experience What more could a kid want?\u00a0\u00a0Being accepted to attend\u00a0the Manning Passing Academy must be a heady accomplishment to begin with, but then add having the unbelievable chance to stand alongside Peyton Manning himself during a workout session.\u00a0 That’s what NSR quarterback prospect Thomas Sydeski did this summer.\u00a0 Think … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}