Brandon Odoi

Brandon Odoi is a tenured journalist. He's covered youth football since 8th grade, high school football since 2009 and began covering college football in 2011 as a beat writer for the University of Miami Athletic programs. In 2011, he founded Football Hotbed a national multi-media platform for football across the country. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent his first five years as a professional working at ABC Television Network, ending his career as a producer in Miami. He's married with two sons and resides in South Florida.
DeJuan Ellis

Hotbed Radio March 18, 2013

Tonight, Hotbed Radio will be epic. We’ll have 7th grade All-American QB DeJuan Ellis II on the show, fresh off his 4.5/40 this past weekend. We’ll also have Youth Football Scout Al Pops to get his take on the landscape

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Hotbed Radio March 4, 2013

Check out another great edition of the best youth football talk show in the entire world. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW

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Northwest Louisiana Head Coach Mike Manno Talks FBU National Championship Opener

Check out more exclusive coverage from the FBU National Championships with video here from the runner-up head coach, Mike Manno of the 7th grade Northwest Louisiana team.  Hear what he was thinking before the start of the final four tournament. 

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Team Orange County 7th Grade 2013

Orange County Arrives at 2013 FBU National Championship in San Antonio

Check out exclusive video coverage of the 2013 FBU National Championship.  We caught up with coach Steve Daniels, head coach of the 7th grade final four team representing the West in the National Championship.  Check out what he had to

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Hotbed Radio February 25, 2013

Hotbed Radio led the show off with breaking news about South Florida’s Washington Park Bucs program leaving the National Youth Football League (NYFL) founded by rap artist and current varsity high school assistant football coach, Luther Campbell to head to the Florida

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Hotbed Radio February 18th, 2013

We had an amazing show, if you missed it you will definitely want to catch up on the action going on across the nation with Football Hotbed. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW  

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Hotbed Radio February 11, 2013

Check out Hotbed Radio from Monday February 11th, we had a great show.  First, we welcomed Steve Quinn, International Sales Director for Football University and president of the Southwest Florida Youth Football League.  He talked about the new partnership between

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Hotbed Classic 2012 Champions Gwinnett Chargers

The 2nd Annual Hotbed Classic in Jacksonville, FL July 26-28th

Coming this July, it is the 2nd Annual Hotbed Classic youth football tournament.  This is the America’s premier pre-season tune up for teams who hope to compete for league, city and even national titles in their respective cities, states and

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Hotbed Radio January 28, 2012

Tonight at 8:30 p.m. we’ll talk to JT Daniels, the elite QB from the Orange County 7th Grade FBU All-star team that competed in the Final Four in San Antonio.  We’ll also hear more about the FBU Youth Football Leagues

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Team St. Louis 8th Grade

Team Massachusetts Makes History as only Two-Time Participant in FBU Tournament

(San Antonio, TX)- In the short history of Football University’s National Championship tournament, Team Massachusetts is the only team that can boast final four appearances in each year.  Massachusetts earned the right to advance to the final four in 2012

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