Watching Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman work the final day of his high school football camp Wednesday morning seemed a lot like watching a coach go about his job.

Freeman was demanding, excitable and intense as he worked with about 70 kids at One Buc Place in his first camp, the proceeds of which are going to benefit the YMCA.

It was enough to make you wonder whether coaching might be in his future.

"When I'm done playing football, I'd love to coach," Freeman said. "It's in me. It's part of my life."

As it turns out, he appears to know about the profession than he realized.

"I found myself using a lot of the same sayings and a lot of the same mannerisms that my coaches have used throughout my career," he said. "So, it’s been a real productive camp. We had a great turnout and had a bunch of kids."

When he was young, Freeman, too, attended his share of camps. And he saw some of himself in the young camp attendees.

"They’re kids that are coming out just trying to learn something, trying
to get better," Freeman said. "They all had a willingness to learn. That’s what I was
looking for when I went to camps."