Rediscovering the mountaintop: How Elite 11 helped Trent Dilfer find purpose after losing his son

Campus Rush with Andy Staples and Lindsay Schnell

How do you move on from tragedy? How do you put something back together after it breaks? Trent Dilfer and his family have spent the last 13 years struggling with, and ultimately finding answers to, those questions. From the outside, it looks like Dilfer has the perfect life: a Super Bowl ring, a plush job as an NFL analyst for ESPN, an awesome family. All those things are great, but there’s one missing piece—Trevin, the Dilfers’ second child, their only son, who died 13 years ago of heart disease. This loss impacted every part of Trent Dilfer’s life—especially his work with Elite 11, the premier quarterback training camp and showcase event in the country. In some ways, Trent says, Elite 11 fills a void.