The Rams and the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association will host the National Athletic Testing System (NATS) tests for high school football players at the Russell Training Center on May 24.

Two testing sessions will take place on May 24, a morning session that runs from 7:30 a.m. - Noon, and an afternoon session that runs from 12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

"NATS represents our best opportunity to provide our kids with a legitimate national platform to showcase their athletic and academic achievements to the colleges." said Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director.

NATS is a non-profit AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) program. The program is a nationwide standardized athletic performance test that produces results that can be used to track and compare the players' athletic ability and development. In many respects NATS is an athletic version of the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) for high school football players. Most importantly however, NATS is a means of providing players, parents, coaches and school counselors important information and year round services pertaining to college recruiting, NCAA academic requirements, financial aid and athletic performance analysis and preparation.

Click Here for more details and to register online for the NATS tests.