Photo Gallery: 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp
Published 8:05 am Sunday, July 17, 2022
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New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, left, works against a Vicksburg High football player during a passing drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Players stretch at the start of the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School's Memorial Stadium. Nearly 300 children in grades 1-12 attended the free camp, which is hosted by New England Patriots cornerback and Vicksburg native Malcolm Butler. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Rick Ross runs through a drill Saturday at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Ashton Saleh, Zay Warfield and Cordero Reed pose for a photo at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A pair of players pose for a photo at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football player Tyler Carter hits a tackling dummy during a drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Bobby Taylor catches a football during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Cedrick Blackmore catches a football during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Campers participate in a 40-yard dash drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Players gather for a quick cheer between drills during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler leads his son, Malcolm Jr., through a drill at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Damian Goss, right, runs through at drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler watches the action at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tulane linebacker Nick Anderson leads players through a drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. Anderson, a former Vicksburg High star, was working as a coach at the camp. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler talks to a group of players at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A group of players battle to catch a pass Saturday at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler flips the football to a player at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A player rises up to catch a pass in front of New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, right, at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler works with a group of players at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Players take a water break Saturday during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tulane linebacker Nick Anderson runs through a drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp on Saturday. Anderson, a former Vicksburg High star, was working as a coach at the camp. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A group of players battle to catch a pass Saturday at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A player catches a quick rest by leaning on a tackling dummy Saturday during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football coach Solomon Muhammad, Kellen Washington and Prince Marshall pose for a photo during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, center, talks to a group of players at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Tulane linebacker Nick Anderson and Kai Goodman take a photo together Saturday at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler signs a player's shoe at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Kai Christopher Lacey jumps over a pad during a drill at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A young player jumps on a tackling dummy Saturday at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, left, and Derrick Rainey walk together during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Two of Vicksburg's current NFL players — Indianapolis Colts receiver DeMichael Harris, left, and New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler — share a laugh at Butler's annual youth football camp on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler laughs during his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler throws the football at his annual football camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver DeMichael Harris, a Vicksburg native and St. Aloysius alum, throws the football during the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler signs a player's shirt at the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Nearly 300 children in grades 1-12 attended the 8th Annual Malcolm Butler Football Camp Saturday at Vicksburg High School. The free camp was started in 2015 by New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler, after his interception in the final minute of Super Bowl XLIX against Seattle secured the franchise’s fourth NFL championship.
Butler, who has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals in his eight-year NFL career, signed with the Patriots as a free agent in March. His youth football camp is one of the final big events on Vicksburg’s summer sports calendar.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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