Tampa Bay-based A.E. Engine announced the launch of the 2021 Friday Night Football (FNF) Campus Tour presented by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

The FNF Campus Tour, billed as a high school football game-day event experience, will visit nine Tampa Bay high school campuses on Friday nights this fall.

The events, all held outdoors, kick-off on August 27 when Chamberlain High hosts Armwood in its regular-season opener.

The FNF Campus Tour is a free, interactive event that includes games and prizes for all fans. Fans who attend will have the opportunity to get Tampa Bay Buccaneers swag. The tour stops feature a 15-foot-tall replica of the NFL’s Super Bowl trophy and a 30-foot quarterback toss game. Buccaneers cheerleaders and Captain Fear, the Bucs’ mascot, also will be in attendance. 

“We have been running the FNF Campus Tour since 2006, but had to stay on the sidelines last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Craig Baroncelli, A.E. Engine president and publisher of FNF magazine. “We are very happy to return in 2021. We plan on bringing a lot of extra fun, games, and giveaways to fans this year. Every Bucs fan will want to make sure they are a part of this fun.”

Other tour stops will be announced exclusively on www.primetimepreps.com, the home for Tampa Bay high school sports and the official media partner of the FNF Campus Tour. Primetimepreps.com is the brainchild of former Tampa Bay Times high school sports reporter Bob Putnam, who previously worked at the Tampa Bay Times for more than 25 years before starting his website. 

To learn more about the FNF Campus Tour please visit www.fnfcampustour.com. School administrators and coaches interested in bringing the tour to their school in 2021 can contact Craig Baroncelli at cb@ae-engine.com.