Bull City Bulldogs | Amid Durham crime, youth football program keeps eye on national prize [Video]

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — The next Patrick Mahomes might be on the fields at Campus Hills Park in Durham.

But right now it’s all about the basics for this under-6 group of children from the Bull City Bull Dogs.

“They are building leadership skills, learning discipline, you have to listen to someone besides your parents from time to time,” Talaya Burris, the mother of a 10-year-old on the team, said Tuesday.

The team called ABC11 to talk. The Bulldogs got invited to nationals in Florida and they need the public’s help.

If we keep them busy, that’s less time they have to be eaten up by these mean streets.

– Fred Evans, Bull City Bulldogs co-founder

The tournament is in Tampa in December and they need more than $8,000.

“We want to make this happen for these kids and we will continue to fight until we get it done,” said Fred Evans, co-founder of Bull City Bulldogs.

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