Some of the nation's top quarterbacks converged on Atlanta for the Elite 11 camp this past weekend, and one local gun slinger stole the show.

Wharton quarterback Chase Litton, one of the top players in the class of 2014, picked up a "Golden Gun" award for his performance in the Elite 11, a quarterback competition held across the country for top high school hurlers. Surrounded by and competing against some of the best in the nation, Litton opened up a few eyes.

"I felt like I preformed well," Litton said in a phone conversation with BHSN. "Not to sound like I'm coming off cocky or arrogant, but I felt I was the best one there. I liked my performance and, to me, it proved to a lot of people that I can play."

He impressed the most important person at the event, Elite 11 coach Trent Dilfer, a former all-pro, Super Bowl winning quarterback.

"He wants me to come up to the one in Ohio on June 1," Litton recalled. "He said, 'You don't even have to come out and have a good day, I just want to see you throw again.' I said yes sir, and I'll see if I can make it out there."

Litton, who's 6'5'', has the build of a next-level quarterback, and already has offers from LSU, Western Michigan and USF, but still feels he has a lot left to prove. As a junior, he passed for 2,732 yards, second in the state, with 23 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, yet isn't getting some of the press his peers receive.

"To perform the way I did and compete the way I did to prove what I can do, it meant a lot to me," Litton said. "I'm not going to let stars (rankings) define me or the guys I'm going up against, it's not going the effect the way I play towards them."

Clearly, it didn't.

Litton out-shined throwers like Nick Jeanty, Elijah Staley and Quentin Gibson, who have more offers than the Team Tampa quarterback.

"I got out there, I was confident and I had a little pep in my step," Litton said, "Everything was good."

His conversation with Dilfer, which lasted around 20 minutes, was the highlight.

"He goes, 'You have the best film I've seen in a while, and you have the potential to be one of the best'," Litton said of the conversation. "He said 'This is the first time I've ever seen you throw, and, if anything, it's the best I've seen.'"

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After his trip to Atlanta, Litton and a few of his Team Tampa teammates made the drive to Nashville on an unofficial visit to Vanderbilt. They watched the spring game, toured the facilities and had an in-depth talk with head coach James Franklin.

An offer from the Commodores didn't come on the visit, but could be on the way.

"He goes, 'We're going to see things out'," Litton said. "He said to give them time, and be patient."

And, that's exactly what the pro-style QB is doing. No school is in the lead, he's just taking it all in, gearing up for what should be a breakthrough senior year.

"I don't really have a leader or a list, I'm not a big fan of (that)," he said. "Any school that is going to sit there and offer me a chance to play the sport I love and get a free education is the school for me. I'm going to go through summer and see how things go, and I plan to commit before my senior season."

Ryan Bass is a reporter for Bright House Sports Network, and can be reached at Ryan.Bass@BHSN.com.