We Speak High School Football
Elite Talent Football: Derrick Tatum’s Recruiting Machine
Elite Talent Football is what happens when a former NFL defensive back decides the recruiting game needs a translator. The Lawrenceville program is headed by Derrick Tatum, who played in the league for the Titans and Seahawks after his college career at Kentucky — and who now runs one of the loudest recruiting operations in Georgia, with more than 117,000 followers.
The numbers are the pitch. The program reports that more than 220 of its students advanced to college in eight years, and that over 500 received offers after its showcases. Tatum’s own bio credits his team with helping 305 football athletes get recruited and earn scholarships.
Elite Talent’s reach runs beyond one roster. Adidas backed a combined Dream Team 7v7 effort uniting Elite Talent with Nashville’s NPA and Chattanooga’s Wolfpack, with leagues in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville and Huntsville — and Tatum also serves as director of the AAU League of Champions 7v7.
For a Georgia player who feels overlooked, Elite Talent is built to be the megaphone: 7v7 reps, showcases and a director who has sat where the players want to go.
Follow the program on Instagram at @elitetalentfootball.
MoneyTeam Athletics introduces itself without a hint of humility: the No. 1 upcoming program in the nation. The Georgia-based outfit — an elite national 7v7 program specializing in training and exposure, now in its third season — has spent 2026 backing the talk up, in front of more than 4,000 followers.
Start with the sweep. In one March weekend, MoneyTeam won both the 14U and the 15U championships at the same event, then added the Peach State Shootout 9U title two weeks later — three age groups, three crowns, one month.
The company it keeps says the rest. On The Sevens’ official teams page, MoneyTeam stands in the 15U division alongside Atlanta heavyweights Hustle Inc and Huncho Elite, and the program also tests itself on the FSG Tournament Series circuit.
And exposure is more than a word in the bio. Through the spring of 2026, the account’s offer posts told the story: MoneyTeam players earning college offers from Austin Peay, Miami (Ohio), Wagner, Bowling Green, Georgia Southern and Troy.
The program calls its newest class “The Next Wave of MoneyTeam.” On this evidence, believe it. Follow the program on Instagram at @moneyteam_athletics.
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