Campers at the old Victory Stadium site will have to excuse Justin London if he stops to answer his cellphone this week.

The next ring could find an NFL team inquiring about his availability.

London, a former Northside High School standout and a starter in 28 games during his UCLA football career, has worked himself into peak condition in hopes of landing an invitation to an NFL training camp.

London's last season at UCLA was in 2005, but he won't turn 24 until late August.

"Being out for two seasons, it takes a lot for teams to take a chance on you," London said. "But the good thing is I've been in touch with over half the teams in the NFL.

"They've seen my workouts, they recognize that I'm fit and they're aware that I'm back out there. It's just a matter of the right circumstances coming about."

His best-case scenario would have been for the Cleveland Browns to call as soon as he hung up from a phone interview Tuesday -- "crazy as that sounds," he said -- and he was only half-kidding.

"That's definitely the team that's most interested," he said.

London lived in Los Angeles for nearly six years before returning to Roanoke, where he will hold the Justin London Higher Ground Camp in conjunction with Roanoke Parks and Recreation. He was assisted in putting the program together by Nat Franklin, a fellow Northside alumnus who is youth athletics specialist for the parks and rec department.

The camp begins Thursday and runs through Saturday.

"Nat called back in January," said London, whose camp is accepting walk-up. "He was asking if I'd ever thought about putting on a camp and, if I did, they would be glad to help sponsor it. It's always been something I've aspired to do, but I wanted to reach more of my [playing] goals first."

Going into his final season at UCLA, London was on the "watch" list for three of the nation's premier defensive awards -- the Lott Trophy, the Butkus Award and the Lombardi Trophy -- but an ankle injury kept him out of two games and hobbled him in several others.

Despite recording more than 200 tackles in his career, London was not picked in the 2006 NFL Draft.

He was picked up by the Baltimore Ravens as a free agent but was waived a short time later.

"I didn't have anything concrete for '06," he said. "So, from there, I went back to school and graduated. I forewent the process last year in order to finish up my degree."

London has been working out at the Lifewise Fitness Center in Roanoke County, where one of his training partners has been longtime friend Dennis Haley, a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders who played at Salem High School and the University of Virginia.

London has added 10-15 pounds to a frame that now measures 6-foot-1 and 245 pounds.

"All my numbers have improved," he said. "I'm faster. I ran a 4.64 [for 40 yards]. I benched 21 reps at 225 [pounds]. My shuttle was faster. It's the same body type. I've just gotten more fit and stronger. I just wish I'd had the same training I have now throughout school."

London doesn't know when the call will come, or if it will come. Training camps don't begin until the end of this month.

"It could be a couple of weeks or it could be another month," he said. "There is a lot of moving and shaking that goes on throughout camp. Guys go down. Guys get cut. Teams are always having to fill needs as they arise. I could get a call up till the first few weeks of the regular season."

London has had nearly a half-dozen tryouts since March.

"It's been a challenging year," he said. "They've cut back the NFL rosters by five or six players [in the preseason] and that ends up being about 150 or 160 guys who would have been with teams last year.

"The feedback I've been getting, while it's not 'here's a contract,' I feel good about it. I feel good about the way I performed. I still have film, all-conference film, to attest to my talent on the field. It's still very possible."