Partners

The new home of the NFL Alumni Academy is Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas. After being home to the Texas Rangers for since 1994, the recently renovated Choctaw Stadium is now a 270 acre multi-purpose complex proving that the Lone Star State is capable of hosting giant events. They say everything is bigger in Texas, and just one look at Choctaw Stadium proves it.

Texas is already home to so much football, it only made sense for it to also be the home of the NFL Alumni Academy.

Kempthorn Motors is the official transportation partner of the NFL Alumni Academy. Kempthorn Motors is Canton's premier, family-owned, and operated automobile dealership, serving Northeast Ohio for more than 82 years. They are your one-stop-shop for all your transportation needs, in-person or online.

Kempthorn Motors provides cars for all of the Academy coaches and staff from their Volkswagen, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and Land Rover dealerships. They also provide our Mercedes-Benz Sprinters for our player transportation.

Kempthorn Motors features an award-winning service department, a complete paint and body shop, professional detailing, parts and accessories, comfortable waiting areas with refreshments, a children's play area, courtesy shuttle service, and complimentary car wash with service.

NFL Alumni Health provides sports safety research for the Academy. NFL Alumni Health has brought together a team of leaders in neuroscience recovery and brain optimization for athletes, who operate out of a state-of-the-art, 5,000-square-foot research facility and laboratory that will be located inside the ConstellationCenter for Excellence at the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls in Canton, Ohio. These medical professionals focus on identifying solutions that will enhance the cognitive performance, along with the overall health and wellness, of athletes around the world through research, technology, and training. The program studies the impact of both professional and juvenile sports on the minds and bodies of current and former players, with the goal of cultivating scientific breakthroughs that will ultimately improve game performance, make sports safer overall, and optimize the quality of life following a sports career.

RYU is the exclusive tailored urban athletic apparel partner of the NFL Alumni Academy. RYU provides each of our players and coaches with agile, sustainable apparel for optimal performance.

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RYU (Respect Your Universe) is about respecting yourself, respecting your environment, and respecting others to facilitate human performance. Your universe is your body and the community and world it lives in with others. RYU is tailored innovation for the modern athlete, engineered for fitness, training, and performance.

The materials and fabrics used in RYU products are sustainably sourced. They deal mainly with BLUESIGN® certified fabrics so that they are supporting the most sustainable fabrics on the planet. RYU has developed the most innovative, well-designed, best-in-class products to live in 24/7 without compromising fit, value, and design. Designed without compromise, RYU exists to facilitate human performance.

Sanford Health is the preferred medical partner of the NFL Alumni. In addition to the many benefits that the Sanford Health partnership brings to our members, they also provide physical and certified athletic trainers for the Academy.

Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research, and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 46 hospitals, 1,525 physicians, and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and 10 countries

TYM Performance is the official Nutrition partner of the NFL Alumni Academy. TYM provides education on the importance of proper nutrition, brain health, and nutritional supplements and products including proteins, creatine, DHA, and amino acids to better our player's performance.

TYM Performance leverages strong partnerships with professional training facilities, gyms, coaches, athletes, ingredient suppliers, manufacturers, testing institutions, university researchers, and equipment manufacturers. The universal philosophy among TYM and partners is a comprehensive approach to training, nutrition, and lifestyle.

Stronger together, TYM Performance and our partners are training, nourishing, coaching, and educating tens of thousands of top sports athletes, physique competitors, and fitness enthusiasts around the world striving to become bigger, stronger, faster, more enduring, and fitter. TYM Performance makes the best BETTER!

The NFL Alumni Academy is thrilled to partner with Royal Retros for jerseys at the Academy. Known as "The King of Throwbacks" Royal Retros mission is to be the first one stop shop representing teams of the past. 

 

Royal Retros knows that every team, every jersey, has a story and they are committed to telling that story.

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Royal Retros takes the styles and logos of yesterday, and recreate them using modern technology that makes their products affordable without sacrificing the quality that sports fans love.

The NFL Alumni Academy is thrilled to announce that all physical therapy at the Academy is handled by Hands of Hope. Hands of Hope is a physical therapy practice located in New York. With many locations around the city, they strive to give the best quality of care to get people back to their normal life.

 

Their treatment philosophy is based heavily on manual modalities, patient education, and providing exercises tailored to improve the condition of the patients they to work with. Hands of Hope loves working with people and only use methods that ensure the best quality physical therapy care with them.

 

Hands of Hope is certified by the American Physical Therapy Association and is affiliated with the following medical institutions. They take pride in partnering with top medical institutes in the medical field to provide the best care and equipment for our patients. The Academy is fortunate to have their dedicated staff ensuring that our players are given the absolute best physical therapy available.