The Miami Dolphins welcomed 100 high school football teams from Miami-Dade, Broward\u00a0and Palm Beach counties for the 2026 Tackle Football High School Media Day presented by Gatorade Water. The\u00a0event was held at Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 15 and brought together more than 1000 student-athletes\u00a0and 200 coaches \u2013 including 2025 National Football Coach of the Year Roger Harriott of St. Thomas Aquinas \u2013 to\u00a0participate in a day designed to celebrate, educate and inspire the next generation of South Florida’s football talent.<\/p>\n
This year’s Media Day featured 24 schools from Miami-Dade County, 39 from Broward County and 37 from Palm\u00a0Beach County. Among the attendees were multiple 2025 FHSAA state championship-winning teams, including\u00a0Cardinal Newman (Class 1A), American Heritage-Plantation (Class 4A) and St. Thomas Aquinas (Class 5A),\u00a0showcasing top-tier talent from across the tri-county area.<\/p>\n
Throughout the media day experience, student-athletes attended multiple stations designed to teach, engage and\u00a0empower. At the NCAA\/NIL Roundtable, they heard directly from industry experts about the college recruiting\u00a0process and how to navigate name, image and likeness opportunities. On the media stages, athletes experienced\u00a0press conferences and interviews with local media, helping them build confidence and communication skills in\u00a0front of the camera. Communication and Sports Broadcast students from local colleges, including Nova\u00a0Southeastern, Florida Memorial University and St. Thomas University, were also invited to participate in the press\u00a0conferences and film team content to gain valuable professional experience.<\/p>\n
Miami Dolphins alumnus Lamar Thomas made a special appearance at the press conferences stages to talk to\u00a0players and coaches. Teams completed their experience in the photo area to capture professional-style media day\u00a0portraits for each program.\u00a0“It was incredible to welcome high school football teams from across South Florida back to Hard Rock Stadium for\u00a0High School Media Day,” said Miami Dolphins Vice President of Community Affairs Kim Miller. “It’s important to us\u00a0that local student-athletes feel empowered by this event and take home information they can utilize as a resource\u00a0to support their futures. Our priority is to facilitate their growth both on and off the field and we’re proud to help\u00a0foster the next generation of leaders in our community and beyond.”<\/p>\n
This initiative is part of the Miami Dolphins continued commitment to fostering youth development through football,\u00a0offering student-athletes an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements in tandem with providing important\u00a0knowledge to support their journey both on and off the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins welcomed 100 high school football teams from Miami-Dade, Broward\u00a0and Palm Beach counties for the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8943,123,1763,125,124,115],"class_list":["post-380897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-latest-news","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}