The age cut off date is August 1, 2025. That means whatever your age is as July 31, 2025 will be the age group that you play in. This age cut off date comes from the NFL Flag headquarters.

For example if your child turns 10 years old on or before July 31, 2025 then they would be in the 10U Division. However, if they turn 10 years old on or after August 1, 2025 then they would eligible to play in the 9U Age Group.

Coed Age Groups:

6U Coed
7U Coed
8U Coed
9U Coed
10U Coed
11U Coed
12U Coed
14U Coed

**Coed will have all even and odd ages, no longer just even ages - Marion County NFL Flag reserves the right to combine age groups if there are not enough participants to build at least a 6 team division. There will be no 13U Division. Instead, 13 and 14 year-olds will be combined into 14U.

All Divisions use our traditional draft process. Coaches may protect a maximum of 4 players prior to the combine. Once the combine is concluded you will draft the rest of your team at our draft night. We will allow 5 protected players in the 6U Division.

By using an evaluation and draft process we believe this will create a more fair and equitable opportunity across the board for our coaches and players to be able to compete for a league championship. It also gives every child a fair shake at potentially being selected for one of our Travel All Star teams if that is something that you aspire your child to be a part of. With our season ending on March 1, our Travel teams will have almost a full month to prepare for the NFL Flag Regional Championships in addition to other tournaments. The coaches of All Star Travel Teams are handpicked by our Board of Directors. To learn more information about our postseason Travel All Star Program please visit our "All Stars" link on our website menu at the top of the page or Click Here be automatically directed to our All Star page.

Female Age Groups:

8U Girls
10U Girls
12U Girls
14U Girls
17U Girls (High School Teams)

Our female teams are allowed to have an unlimited amount of protected players for the roster of 10 players maximum. Coaches of female teams would draft their remaining roster spots if they don't have an entire team protected. We are more lenient with the female division roster rules as that is division where current focus is to just grow it. 

**Your child may up in age groups but may never play down. If you want your child to play up, please still register them in their correct age group then email [email protected] to have them reclassified. We highly encourage all players to play in their proper assigned age group.