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Former NFL and Super Bowl Champions Graduate Beyond The Game (With AI) — Meet Your Fantastic Five

A futurist and four championship-level athlete leaders bringing practical experience, competitive intelligence, and a clear view of what comes next.

  • A Visionary Futurist — Framing the shift, decoding emerging technologies, and mapping out strategic opportunities for the modern landscape.
  • Four Championship Athletes — Combining high-stakes performance experience, relentless drive, and real-world execution to lead in the AI era.
  • Portrait of Mike Johns, founder of BeSkilled America, futurist, TEDx speaker and CES judge.Founder

    Mike Johns

    • The Futurist
    • TEDx Speaker
    • CES Judge
    • AI Workforce Transformation Expert
  • Portrait of Julius Williams in his Jacksonville Jaguars uniform during his NFL career.

    Julius Williams

    • Former NFL Defensive Lineman
    • Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Portrait of Greg Fassitt, Super Bowl XLIV champion with the New Orleans Saints and Fortune 50 senior executive.

    Greg Fassitt

    • Super Bowl XLIV Champion
    • New Orleans Saints
    • Fortune 50 Senior Executive
  • Portrait of Dominique Easley, Super Bowl XLIX champion with the New England Patriots and first-round NFL draft pick.

    Dominique Easley

    • Super Bowl XLIX Champion
    • New England Patriots
    • 1st Round NFL Draft Pick
  • Portrait of Anthony Smith, identified in the client-supplied sports update brief as a two-time Super Bowl champion.

    Anthony Smith

    • Two-Time Super Bowl Champion
    • Pittsburgh Steelers & Green Bay Packers

BEYOND THE GAME

The final whistle is a pivot.

Athletes arrive with the things most curricula try to teach. Beyond the Game makes those strengths legible outside sport and pairs them with practical AI capability.

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FROM FIELD TO FUTURE

The strengths are already there.

Preparation. Coachability. Performing when it counts. Reading a situation faster than the people around you. Beyond the Game makes those strengths legible outside sport and pairs them with practical AI capability.

The pathway is built for junior-high, collegiate, professional and former athletes—before the transition becomes urgent, not after.

Athletes and a coach working through a game plan together in a modern workshop space.Athletic intelligence → AI capability
  • 01

    Discipline

    Preparation that holds when the environment changes.

  • 02

    Strategy

    Reading the field, adjusting quickly and choosing the next move.

  • 03

    Leadership

    Communicating under pressure and helping a team execute.

  • 04

    Resilience

    Learning from the result, resetting and returning stronger.

EVERY FIELD BUILDS SOMETHING

Different games. Transferable intelligence.

  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Soccer
  • Track & field

THE SECOND PATHWAY

The game ends. Your legacy keeps moving.

Don’t let the future happen to you—shape it.

Mike Johns · Founder & CEO, Digital Mind State

BeSkilled America is an independent workforce initiative and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any league or team.

  1. 01

    Translate

    Name and evidence the strengths built in competition.

  2. 02

    Build

    Add practical AI literacy, career tools and project work.

  3. 03

    Launch

    Move into a career, venture or next chapter with a visible portfolio.

PROOF OF THE WORK

The work is real.So is the proof.

Complete the Beyond the Game with AI pathway and earn a certificate of achievement that marks the skills you built and the work you finished.

  1. 01
    Learn it

    Build a practical command of AI prompting.

  2. 02
    Apply it

    Turn the playbook into completed work.

  3. 03
    Prove it

    Finish with a certificate of achievement.

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Beyond the Game with AI certificate of achievement awarded to Dominique Easley.
Beyond the Game with AICertificate of Achievement

BESKILLED ACADEMY

Programs for athletes

Built for the transition, whether it is four years away or already happened.

1 program

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    Beyond the Game with AI

    Help athletes translate discipline, leadership and personal brand into AI-enabled career and business opportunity after competition.

    Audience
    Student, collegiate, professional and former athletes
    • Name and evidence the transferable strengths built in sport
    • Apply AI to career search, personal brand and business ideas
    • Build a portfolio that reads to employers outside sport

Where elite athletic development meets real-world artificial intelligence skills. Graduates of the BeSkilled Academy: Beyond The Game (With AI) protocol—former professional athletes and Super Bowl champions—are taking the lead to empower student-athletes with cutting-edge AI literacy right inside Trench Mob Football camps.

Announcement & Overview

Reskill. Upskill. BeSkilled.

At Trench Mob Football, the focus has always been on grit, line play, technique, and discipline. Now, through an exclusive partnership with BeSkilled Academy, athletes gain a dual advantage: elite physical training on the field and essential digital fluency off it.

Graduates of the Beyond The Game (With AI) program are returning to the gridiron not only as veteran mentors, but as certified AI leaders. They are introducing hands-on AI Literacy Workshops tailored specifically for athletes, showing student-athletes how to harness artificial intelligence to elevate their academic, creative, and professional potential.

Key Workshop Highlights

Workshop FocusWhat Student-Athletes Learn
Smart Academic & Athlete PrepUsing AI tools for study management, SAT/ACT prep strategies, and time management balancing sport and school.
Personal Branding & NIL ReadinessCrafting professional digital profiles, managing social presence, and generating media content ethically using generative AI.
Game Film & Performance InsightsUnderstanding how AI data, motion analytics, and prompt engineering can help analyze playbooks and physical performance.
Future Career ResiliencePreparing for high-demand digital careers and tech-driven industries beyond their playing days.

Leadership & Philosophy

“Football teaches discipline, execution, and resilience. By pairing elite gridiron training with practical AI literacy, we are ensuring our athletes win both on Friday nights and in the digital economy.”

— BeSkilled Academy & Trench Mob Football

Call to Action

Elevate Your Game On and Off the Turf

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Every participant gains access to the integrated BeSkilled AI Literacy Workshop. Prepare your athlete for leadership in sports, academics, and tomorrow's workforce.