KALISPELL — Brock Osweiler folded his 6-foot-8 frame and tilted his head toward the sky, mouth agape, underneath an orange Gatorade bucket filled with cool water, a long draw quenching the Super Bowl champion’s thirst on a sweltering day at Legends Stadium.
A quick glance at this scene might’ve initially revealed a 17-year-old improvising due to a lack of cups, but extended observation told a different tale, one of excitement to be home, the feeling of being a high-schooler again, and a passion for football from someone who experienced it at its highest level.
For the second consecutive summer, Osweiler, a Kalispell Flathead legend, returned to the site of many victorious Friday nights to host an early-morning quarterback throwing session and two-hour kids camp.
Former NFL and Flathead Braves quarterback Brock Osweiler, right, and Braves head football coach Caleb Aland watch campers during a throwing drill at the Flathead Braves Football Camp at Legends Stadium on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Just driving the route Saturday morning that Osweiler and his teammates walked pregame some 16 years ago evoked strong emotion from the 2008-09 Montana Football Gatorade Player of the Year and seven-year NFL veteran.
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“There was like a new sense of energy in my soul,” Osweiler told 406 MT Sports. “To drive up 3rd Avenue West, get to the stadium, see the stadium – a lot of great memories…”
“Some of my best memories came from playing high school football.”
Saturday was all about teaching and motivating.
Osweiler told both groups of up-and-coming players they needed to take what they wanted from football, a concept that “clicked” in Denver after conversations with defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio.
“I always had in the back of my head, ‘be the hardest worker possible,’” Osweiler said.
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