The program
Bexley Youth Football teaches boys in 3rd through 6th grade the fundamentals of tackle football. It’s a program that gets passed down — coaches on today’s sideline played in it as kids.
Straight from our parents meeting
We are not putting kids directly from the 6th grade into the NFL. A BYF athlete’s participation isn’t about us, our sports past, or our visions of sports futures — it’s about them, and they are learning to love this game.
We will ask a lot of the players — and we reward louder than we lecture. Attitude and effort are the only things no outside entity can strip from us, so the takes-no-talent parts of the game get celebrated as loudly as in-game achievements. Every kid gets their moment.
And we aren’t just about the “W.” We’re the start of the pipeline: our job is to build the player and build the program, and to send athletes up to the middle school and high school ready — 27 of them moved up last year alone.
The motto
FGW is new this year, and it’s bigger than us: the same pyramid now stands behind Bexley football at the youth, middle school, and high school levels — one program, from third grade to Friday nights. Family and grit are the base. Winning stands on top of them, not the other way around.
Three teams
Teams are grade-based. Player safety shapes the rules all season — the league weighs every player in and larger players play line positions, so kids compete against kids their own size.
6th grade
5th grade
Junior — 3rd & 4th grade
The question every parent asks
Three practices a week — Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
Four days a week — Tuesday through Thursday practices, plus Bexley Strength on Mondays.
Six games, on Sundays. Season runs July 21–October 4; playoffs conclude October 18.
A third grader’s season and a sixth grader’s season are different commitments — that’s on purpose.
Who can play
Boys in 3rd through 6th grade. Placement is by grade, not age — the league applies age cutoffs that can move a player up a division, and our coaches will walk you through where your son fits.
You don’t have to live in Bexley. Neighboring communities — Eastmoor and others — are eligible through the league’s residency exemption, which we file for you. Email us and we’ll sort it out.
The calendar beyond the games
