PHOTO GALLERY: Missouri football players coach at Tiger Youth Football Camp

June 10, 2012 | 6:48 p.m. CDT

The Columbia Youth Football League and Missouri Athletics hosted their annual two-day camp Saturday and Sunday. Instead of being the players, Missouri football team members coached first-graders through eighth-graders at the youth camp.

Griffin John, a fifth-grader attending the fifth annual Tiger Youth Football Camp, throws a football Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Griffin attends Our Lady Catholic School in Festus and plays baseball, basketball and football. | Robert Swain

Myles Shaw, a fifth-grader, performs a drill at the fifth annual Tiger Youth Football Camp on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Myles attends Hazel Grove Elementary School in Lee’s Summit. He runs track and plays football and baseball. | Robert Swain

Sam Johnson, a fifth-grader, runs after catching the football at the fifth annual Tiger Youth Football Camp on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Sam attends Parkade Elementary School in Columbia. This is the second year he has attended the youth football camp. | Robert Swain

Myles Shaw charges for the tackle during one of the drills at the fifth annual Tiger Youth Football Camp on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. Myles and his cousin Travien Goodman both attended the camp. | Robert Swain

Kip Edwards, a 22-year-old senior at MU, signs autographs for the participants of the fifth annual Tiger Youth Football Camp on Sunday. Edwards is a defensive back for Missouri. | Robert Swain