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Garrett Bolles gives an opening speech to participants of his annual GB3 camp at Skyridge High School. June 29, 2026

Brandon Gurney, Provo Daily Herald

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Former BYU quarterback Jake Heaps directs the action at Garrett Bolles' GB3 camp. June 29, 2026

Brandon Gurney, Provo Daily Herald

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Spending an evening with hundreds of grade-school and middle-school kids while organizing all of them into a variety of workouts and drills isn’t a task most of us wouldn’t want to take on.

But as for Garrett Bolles, he relishes the opportunity.

This past Monday evening marked the eighth GB3 camp, headed by Bolles as an exercise of gratitude toward the community he grew up in.

“My GB3 camp is where I try and give back to the community here in Utah where it all started for me,” Bolles said. “Skyridge (High School) is so generous to let me use their field. But just all the support and the love that that has helped me to get to my point. I want to give back to all these kids and the next generation of talent that’s coming from Utah.”

Bolles has indeed flourished since beginning his football journey at Westlake High School so many years ago. The mammoth offensive lineman followed up his prep career by serving a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Colorado before returning to play for both Snow College and the University of Utah. From there he became a first-round pick of the Denver Broncos back in 2017 and has since risen to become one of the top offensive tackles in the NFL.

Bolles stays mindful of all of it every time he returns to his home state and certainly while administering his free camp, which as always, filled up soon after it opened up registration.

“It’s great too flashback on all the good memories, coming back home to see Mom and Dad, and all the people that I love and care for,” Bolles said. “And just to bring out this community event with all the people that mean the world to me. My family’s a part of it, my wife and my kids are here, and my agent’s here. My uncle that runs my foundation, too, and I’m just so grateful for all the many people that has helped me get to the point where I’m at today.”

Beyond Bolles’ family are several former and active players who work ardently in assisting at the camp, taking the attendees through a variety of drills while issuing top instruction. The most central of those former players is Jake Heaps, who played two years at BYU before transferring to play for Kansas and then Miami.

“Jake Heaps runs all my camps. He played here at BYU and he’s a really close friend of mine,” Bolles said. “I then have some local people from the BYU football team along with University of Utah football players. It’s cool to be able to bring both of those guys around, even though we’re rivals. We still love each other and help support each other and the community … I’m super grateful that they’re all here today.”

Prior to the workouts each participant was given a T-shirt emblazoned with a triangle and three words; faith, family and football.

“It’s my why. It’s my three things and it stands for faith, family and football, and that’s what I stand for,” Bolles explained. “It’s my foundation. So, we want to teach these kids about what their why is and why they do what they do. Why they go to school, why they wake up in the morning, why do they want to be successful. We want them to have a triangle, which is the strongest shape out of all the shapes, because all three sides have to hold up the same amount of pressure. So, when you have three things that become your motivation and your why, and why you do what you do, you can be successful and you can turn anything around and go live your dream like I’m living mine.”

Bolles is mindful of all those in attendance and seeks to help out in every way he can.

“It’s so awesome to be here to see all these kids, to be a part of them, to hear their stories, to hear their lives, to be around their families,” he concluded. “Making this a community event is important to me because all these kids, you never know what they’re going through. You never know what they have, you never know what their trials are. They come out here and you can, you can feel the love. You can feel the importance of what these kids do. So you try and put a smile on their face, and you never know what they’re going home to and the circumstances that they go home to. So we hope to be out here, and to get a good mean. and to be around all these local athletes I hope is awesome for them.”