Chances of being on a college football roster
edit[2] The chances of player drafted by an NFL team is about 2% out several thousands of student athletes. There are 128 Division I/FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) programs. It's seems almost impossible when looking at the numbers. According to the NCAA out of 1 million high school student athletes, only about 72 thousand make it to an college roster. Some athletes don't get the chance to go to the next level because they didn't meet the academic requirements needed to enroll, others can't afford to pay to attend a bigger institution, when that happens athletes seek other options, like attending a Junior College or JUCO, division IAA (Football Championship Subdivision), division II, and Division III schools. Every athletes dream is to go D1 But the chances are slim.
Scholarships
edit| # of teams | Men | Average Team Size | Scholarship
limit per team |
Average
Scholarship | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division I | 129 | 15,029 | 117 | 85 | $19,557 |
| Division I FCS | 125 | 12,785 | 102 | 63 | $11,631 |
| Division II | 171 | 18,731 | 110 | 36 | $5,315 |
| Division III | 248 | 25,556 | 103 | - | |
| Junior College | 327 | 19,951 | 73 | 24 | 2,036 |
Some players aren't just competing for playing time but are also competing for a chance to have their tuition paid for a year to year basis. Scholarships aren't the easiest to obtain they come with requirements and they are expected to met or exceeded. Scholarships are on a year to year basis in which you must meet requirements academically before you even reach the practice field. You have to maintain a certain a gpa, graduate from high school first and foremost. This also determines what school you're qualified to enroll and what division. Failure to meet requirements often but not all the time result in a loss of scholarship
Off season and in-season performance
editThe off-season is considered to be the most rigorous time of the year for players, running drills, sprints, hours in the weight room, gasses, and much more. Your days of the off-season usually start at dawn. As a freshman you go through physical test and where numbers are recorded for each workout and drill completed. You will have to run the test at the season's end, scores are based on agility, the 20 yard shuttle drill is one of the biggest test along with the 3 cone drill. Speed, a series of different sprints is performed, upper body strength, lower body strength, and your reflex and reaction time. The demands to play college football. are you ready?
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