A Surrey man has started up a training program for young football players.

Called Wide Receiver University (WRU), the school for sporting improvement “fills a need” in the football world, said founder Rashaun Simonise. He runs camps at Cloverdale Athletic Park with training groups in Richmond, Langley, and Delta. He also does 1-on-1 coaching for clients all over the Lower Mainland.

Simonise, born and raised in Surrey, is a former pro football player—playing in both the NFL and CFL and other indoor and spring pro leagues. He’s also a coach with the UBC Thunderbirds, handling the receivers for the university squad.

Simonise told the Cloverdale Reporter at WRU he coaches all types of players and will work with anyone who is in need of training, but his area of expertise, and therefore ma

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