If you did not play football in high school, can you play in college?

Protagonist111 · 10-17-2009, 09:38 PM

If so, what are the requirements?

My high school did not have football, it was a magnet school. All of the public high schools in the area I lived in were infested with drugs and gang violence so my parents would not let me go there. I am Asian and I would love to play college football, at least one snap.

Are there any colleges that would let me try out or walk on?

fauve · 10-19-2009, 02:13 AM

Highly unlikely. You might want to find a school with a very active intramural football team, or club team.

EMM1 · 10-19-2009, 07:49 AM

At DIII schools (and many DI programs) you can certainly try to walk on. But I wouldn't get my hopes up. I suspect that you would find the competition to be much stronger than you are used to.

Protagonist111 · 10-19-2009, 10:07 PM

everyone told me that you do not get cut from d3 football teams

also I heard that D3 schools are full of people who did not play football in high school

fauve · 10-20-2009, 12:03 AM

Then you should contact the coaches of those D3 schools to see if it is true.

Protagonist111 · 10-20-2009, 05:16 PM

kay

hope all goes for the best

Batllo · 10-20-2009, 05:55 PM

If you've never played football, highly doubtful you'd last one practice unless you played at varsity or club level sports like soccer, rugby, maybe track.

Protagonist111 · 10-20-2009, 06:16 PM

I played soccer and tennis before, lasted a lot of practices and I went to a football camp and lasted football practice there

Batllo · 10-20-2009, 09:15 PM

If you plan to play football, you may have to start living on campus earlier than the regular fall students for practices and training. Contact the football coach once you decide on your school next spring. Good Luck.

Protagonist111 · 10-20-2009, 11:12 PM

thanks, also can playing football like effect my grades or anything?

If I play football will I not be able to do good in college?

csdad · 10-21-2009, 06:49 AM

They would let you "walk-on" but only let you start when school starts. They are not going to pay for one more guys room & board before the regualr students arrive. Becasue you'll be starting late you'll be way behind that first year, but it is a "foot in the door".

keylyme · 10-21-2009, 08:13 AM

Asked my hubby who played himself. He was all-state in hs, an excellent athlete. He says you could walk-on at DIII, but that doesn't mean you'd ever get to play. Kids from our local public who are considered excellent football players in high school only make it onto DIII's (I don't think we've ever had higher than a DII) and half the time they never see playing time.

MaineLonghorn · 10-21-2009, 10:29 AM

Cool, totally off-the-wall factoid: Drew Brees went to my high school in Austin, Texas! Much later than I was there, of course. It was also the high school that the director of "Friday Night Lights" followed for an entire season when he was preparing to make the film. I didn't know that when I went to see the movie. The whole way through, I was thinking, "Wow, this is so realistic!" Then I saw the credits at the end and knew why it was so right-on. Even at a high school like that, there haven't been too many DI players.

Protagonist111 · 10-21-2009, 12:52 PM

But I have the speed and they told me at the football camps that I have a good arm.

Hmmmmmm

Oh well, lets get college admissions over with first.

3togo · 10-21-2009, 03:44 PM

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But I have the speed and they told me at the football camps that I have a good arm.

Hmmmmmm

Oh well, lets get college admissions over with first.

One thing I love about DIII sports is the chance for a lot more students to walk-on teams then typically happens at DI and DII schools. But I would like to share some demographics. There are roughly 30,000 high schools in the US and roughly 3000 colleges ... so only 1 out of 10 HS quarterbacks will be playing in college even includng DIII ... college sports is a big jump from HS and going into a sport cold will be a pretty big challenge ... I absolutely say go for it and DIII is the way to go but please be mindful of the 30,000 HS worth of kids who already play the sport.