The football vertical of Global Edge Athletics launches in Q3 2026, anchored by retired NFL veteran Floyd Wedderburn and the broader Global Edge inner circle. Same engine. Same character vetting. Built specifically for the position, recruiting, and NIL dynamics of football.
Athletes, parents, and coaches who sign up before launch get founding member status when football goes live — locked-in pricing, direct principal access, and the first hundred profile slots.
Every Global Edge vertical is led by a principal who has actually lived the sport at the highest level — and who brings the network most families never get inside.
Floyd brings what football families actually need: a former pro who knows the position-specific reality of college and pro recruiting, a network that opens doors most athletes never see, and the locker-room perspective on what separates the players who last from the players who don't.
The football vertical is built around what football specifically demands — position-by-position NIL economics, recruiting density at the high school level, transfer portal navigation, the brutal calendar that pro pipelines actually run on. Same engine, same character vetting, built for the sport.
The Global Edge engine is sport-agnostic — the methodology, principals, and verification ladder transfer directly. Football-specific adaptations live in the multipliers, recognition sources, and recruiting timeline overlays.
Football NIL doesn't behave like basketball NIL. Quarterbacks command different valuations than offensive linemen even at identical schools. The football vertical's market layer applies position-specific multipliers calibrated to real deal data.
The HuMEN curriculum adapted for the unique pressures of football — the physical demands, the cultural weight of the position rooms, the long off-seasons. Same cohort architecture, football-specific facilitation.
Ed Lovelace's speed methodology applied to football's position-specific demands. Combine prep, position-skill drills, and the conditioning protocols pro athletes actually use.
Floyd Wedderburn's network plus the broader Global Edge ecosystem of retired NFL and college pros, position coaches, analysts, and football-side sponsorship executives.
Global Edge Athletics is being built as a series of dedicated sport verticals, each anchored by a principal who's lived the sport at the highest level. Football is up next.
Global Edge profiles integrate with the platforms football athletes, parents, coaches, and recruiters already use. Your GEA profile becomes the single home for everything that matters.
The basketball vertical is live now — same engine, same architecture, same methodology tennis will inherit. See what's already running and what your sport's vertical will look like.