Built from the dirt up.

It started at Tennyson High School. I was a football player — same as a million other kids — and I bought myself a brand-new Wilson Omega. Fresh off the shelf, straight from the box. And I hated how it felt.

Slick. Plastic. Lifeless. Nothing like the footballs I'd seen on Sundays. So I started digging. Turns out NFL equipment managers spend hours — sometimes days — prepping every single football before a game. Brushing, conditioning, tacking, beating them in until they feel like an extension of the quarterback's hand.

Nobody was going to teach me how to do that. So I taught myself. From scratch. Trial, error, ruined footballs, late nights at the workbench. I broke down every step the pros use and rebuilt it into a process anyone could follow.

That's how First Down Football Prep was born. Not in a boardroom. Not from a marketing deck. From a kid who refused to throw a slick ball — and built the kit he wished he had.

If you're serious about the game, you're in the right place.