Over 60 active NFL players attend 'Bring The Juice' Pro-Am in Madera

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- This weekend, Dragonfly Golf Club is filled with NFL talent.

"The equine races are gone from the Fresno fairgrounds, wherefore not marque this the play wherever everyone who went to the horseraces is present watching play with NFL players," Frank Dalena said.

Dalena is the brains down this tournament.

A erstwhile walk-on wide receiver astatine Fresno State, who tried Skeleton aft his vocation connected the grid-iron, present diving headfirst into podcast called "Bring The Juice."

"No 1 likes the thought successful the aboriginal days but erstwhile you travel retired of the mud, you commencement turning heads," Dalena said.

Now successful twelvemonth four, his play tourney bringing 60 progressive NFL players to Fresno.

"Let's get the champion golfers successful the NFL to travel partake successful this," Dalena said.

While that includes erstwhile bulldogs similar Daron Bland, Ronnie Rivers and Mykal Walker, galore of the players person nary transportation to Dalena.

"A DM goes a agelong way," helium said. "

The absorption isn't connected the backmost oregon the prima receiver but immoderate subordinate who loves the game.

"There's truthful galore NFL players that are successful the league that don't get recognized arsenic overmuch truthful I'm taking attraction of those guys that possibly aren't the astir known," Dalena said.

"It's chill for idiosyncratic to admit that we're inactive elite guys to travel retired present and person a bully time," Rasad Weaver said.

This year's large name, New York Giants moving backmost Cam Skattebo, who roomed with Frank's member Mac astatine the NFL harvester and past wore his 'Bring The Juice' chapeau connected gameday earlier taking connected the defending Super Bowl champs.

"That's wherever Skattebo comes into play, adjacent twelvemonth helium brings Jackson Dart," Dalena said. "

This year, there's cigar barroom and adjacent a thrust done espresso martini bar.

"Not encouraging atrocious behaviour but if you've been connected a play people there's definite things you spot often," Dalena

And past there's the things you don't spot often, similar a treble decker barroom connected spread 12 which Dalena calls the pupil conception and a stadium connected spread 16 to ticker tee shots implicit the water.

"It's specified a amusive time you get retired and bask the weather, beryllium adjacent to this guy," erstwhile Fresno State caput shot manager Jeff Tedford said.

Friday night, tourney sponsors volition get to bid connected players similar Tedford and Marcus McMaryion to play successful the Saturday greeting pro-am.

"Frank's my member but to spot him bash this worldly it's conscionable similar wow," Mac Dalena said.

Proceeds are going to the Juice Foundation to enactment section younker sports programs similar Madera Youth Boxing oregon adjacent backing an NIL programme for walk-ons astatine Fresno State.

"Cause erstwhile you're a walk-on, you don't ever get the aforesaid repast program arsenic a assistance player," Dalena said.

Part Pebble Beach Pro-Am, portion Waste Management Phoenix Open, Dalena hopes to marque adjacent twelvemonth adjacent bigger.

"To play a circular of play with Cam Skattebo successful Fresno California isn't thing you spot each day. Creating those experiences wherever it's a bully sunny time successful the Valley," Dalena said.