"7 on 7" AP Football played a bit differently, but it's getting kids from Wisconsin exposed to colleges

"Speed" and "skill" are two words that aren't usually associated with high school football players from the state of Wisconsin. One coach has collected a team that is changing all of that.

With fall still months away, a number of high school football players in southeastern Wisconsin are hitting the field early this summer.

Terrell Carey

"It's all the great players from around Wisconsin," Terrell Carey said.

But this isn't your typical high school football -- because there are no linemen.

"7-on-7" football is played on a 40-yard field instead of a regulation 100-yard gridiron.

Justic-e King

"It's different because you don't have to follow your lineman," Justic-e King said.

Also, a clock is involved in a different way, as quarterbacks only have four seconds to throw the ball.

The game's popularity is growing across the country, but "AP Football" is the first-of-its-kind in Wisconsin.

Shane Covington

"When I first started it, I didn't think it was as big as it was until we went to that first tournament and we saw all that talent and I was like, telling the team that 'hey, you all gotta come play. You all gotta see what you have to get to,'" Shane Covington, AP Football head coach said.

"AP Football -- it's basically out there to get us exposure because we are from Wisconsin because. Not many colleges think that Wisconsin schools produce athletes, but this is just another way for us to get exposure to colleges to play at the next level," Jakup Sinani, QB from Oak Creek said.

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Justic-e King is just one of the players hoping to impress. He plays with the AP Football team, and also at Rufus King.

"They don't really expect us to be as good from Milwaukee. They expect a lineman to come out, so when we come out and we ball, they be like 'you got some ballers in Wisconsin,'" King said.

The ultimate goal is more exposure, which, in turn, could lead to more football at the next level.

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"We pretty much came up with the idea for AP Football basically trying to get kids in the inner city and outskirts of the suburban areas coverage as far as high school football," Covington said. "I got pretty much juniors and seniors on the team. All of our seniors are going to the next level. We got a lot of scholarships for D1 from Wyoming to Michigan and D1 from St. Cloud to Minnesota State, so pretty much all our seniors are going college and definitely all our juniors are pretty much top in the state."

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There's another goal being accomplished in the process -- something Sinani is used to: Winning.

"We qualified for nationals, which you had to come in the top three in one big tournament, which, we did that and we also won our league down in Illinois," Sinani said.

Jakup Sinani

That is giving players like Terrell Carey from Madison West a lot more confidence.

"We want come first -- that's first and foremost, but we just want to play our best and knowing that when we play our best we feel like no one can stop us," Carey said.

The positivity isn't just limited to the field, which is an added benefit for everyone involved.

"They became my brothers. When we a part of AP, you a part of the family so, we ball together. We got each other's back on the field and we all spend time together when we can," Carey said.

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The AP Football team leaves Thursday, June 23rd for the national tournament in Florida.

Covington hopes other "7 on 7" teams start up in Wisconsin to get even more kids the exposure they need.