What colleges should someone who did not play high school football look to?

February 8, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
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Vagger Lance asked:

The person has skills, speed and a lot of agility but due to the district he lived in being poor, his high school was not able to afford a football program.

Are Division 3 schools and the Ivies friendly towards walk ons since they don’t recruit top football players?

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2 Responses to “What colleges should someone who did not play high school football look to?”
  1. (Barret) says:
    February 9, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    True, Division 3 schools and the Ivies do not recruit for football, the Ivies have such a high requirement for academics that it is tough for them to get good football players. Most of the Ivy League football players have top grades and SATs, unfortunately not enough time to practice their football skills.

    The Ivies and Division 3 schools do hand out work study programs and other types of financial aid to players but don’t really “recruit” for football.

    There are two ways

    1. The person can attend a community college and then transfer to a decent university from there. Junior colleges have players who haven’t played football before in their life.

    2. Attend a division 3 school, Christian Okoye went to Azusa Pacific and he came from Africa. A lot of Division 3 schools are willing to offer players a walk on opportunity and most of the better high school football players shy away from division 3 schools.

    For Ivies, chances are you won’t make it in and that is for everyone. Colleges are getting much more competitive and schools like Harvard and Yale are turning down students with 4.0s and 2400s. The rest of the Ivies are tough to get into as well, Cornell has a 25 percent acceptance rate but the financial aid is bad and the admissions are still rough. When you do make it in, you will be so busy with school work I doubt you will have time for football.

    Go the Division 3 route or just do good in college, attend an Ivy for grad school and play football there. (Barret)

  2. Francis Jairam says:
    February 9, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    idk but don’t worry you can talk to he or she and they will explain why Francis Jairam

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