Video: Early Contenders - No. 7 IMG Academy
IMG Academy head coach Kevin Wright poses along with 11 top national recruits during a photo shoot at the school's football stadium in May.
Photos by Marc Estrada
When it came to the photo shoot with the
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) football team, photographer
Marc Estrada had no lack of top players to pose.
Estrada, who is based in the Tampa Bay area and is a member of the MaxPreps Professional Photographers' Network, photographed 11 top national recruits along with Ascenders head coach Kevin Wright.
The photo shoot was staged in May at the school's on-campus football stadium. Estrada pushed to get the photo shoot completed before it rained that day.
"The players were very respectable and easy to work with," Estrada said. "I created a list before I arrived of all the shots I wanted to do so I could get as many in as possible."
Of all the different poses the players did during the shoot, the players seemed to enjoy leaping through the air the most.
"It was fun watching the huge lineman trying to dive as high as possible so I could get the shot," Estrada said. "Each player went above and beyond to help me get the shots I needed."
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Running back/linebacker Tony Jones
Defensive lineman Shavar Manuel
