Eight collegiate All-American hopefuls played Men’s Club all summer with the hope of bringing home a national championship - but the fact that the All American camp starts on Friday has presented them with something of a choice.

Club 7s or All American camp? Turns out, they can have both.

(Correction: An earlier version of this article stated incorrectly that some players had to choose between the two. This is not the case.)

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Here are eight players who should be able to play in New York City and then join All American camp late.

Zach Young (NOLA & Arkansas State) 

Young is a center/flyhalf for New Orleans RFC and is no stranger to the collegiate All-American stage. He was selected to the collegiate All-American 7s squad last year with the likes of now Eagle, Cody Melphy. Young led Arkansas State to the Varsity Cup Final in 2017. Young has MLR potential and is a crucial piece to NOLA’s Nationals squad.

Nick Feakes (NOLA & Lindenwood)

Feakes was a human highlight reel for NOLA this summer, but before the Red River region he was tearing it up in collegiate 7s with Lindenwood. Lindenwood won the 2018 USA Rugby College 7s and the 2018 Collegiate Rugby Championship with Feakes as the set-up man.

Feakes got national attention as a 2018 Scholz Award Finalist before teaming up with Zach Young and Cam Troxler in New Orleans. 

NOLA secured the two seed in the Red River, and need Young and Feakes.

Harley Wheeler (Bulldog & Life University)

Wheeler is an angry runner on the wing. He’ll run around you, but he takes pride in running through you. Wheeler scored a hat-trick in Life University’s 60-5 blowout victory over Cal in the 2018 D1A national championship. 

He joined three other players on this list in Vail, Colorado this summer to play with Bulldog under coach Stephen Lewis.

Santi Mascolo (NYAC & Iona)

Mascolo has been an all-everything player for the Gaels of Iona, playing in the backs, and in the forwards — sometimes catching lineouts while lining up at center. He's a multi-skilled player whose skills translate brilliantly to 7s.

Marcus Tupuola (Bulldog & Notre Dame College)

When you watch Tupuola play at Notre Dame College it's like watching a man amongst boys. His attacking ability in space is unmatched in not just D1AA but probably all of college rugby. Good news, he’ll have the opportunity to measure himself against 82 other collegiate studs. Bulldog will be happy to keep him for two extra days.

Tosh Wilcox (NYAC & BYU)

Wilcox is a young member of the BYU side but exploded onto the scene this year with the Cougars. He's still got some work to do, but is a powerful loose forward for BYU and could have been a valuable addition to the AC this weekend.

Aaron Matthews (Bulldog & Saint Mary’s)

For St. Mary’s Matthews made his name scoring tries on the wing. He is lightning fast for his size and has incredible balance. But the most underrated part of his game is his defense. Matthews is a muscular guy, unlike the typical 7s flyer like Perry Baker and Carlin Isles that Americans seem to be drooling over. Matthews size baits opposing wings into trying to take him around the edge, bad move. 

Matthews, Wheeler, and Tupuola all in one backline? 

Anelisa Mteto - (Kansas City Blues & Iowa Central CC)

Iowa Central has put their hand up as the stepping stone program in college rugby. The program put together an NSCRO championship as a two-year college. They have recently been boosting young talent like “Ani” Mteto to bigger collegiate programs. Mteto will move on from Iowa to Lindenwood, an already terrifying 7s powerhouse. Is Iowa Central the Last Chance U of college rugby?

With Mteto playing center and scoring tries, Kansas City brought home the second seed in the Frontier region.