<p>I can guess that the reason you don’t see an incoming freshman class of all wide receivers is because the football team doesn’t need that many wide receivers. Some players will change positions. Others will not make the team and other players will be recruited to play those positions that need help.</p>
<p>I played varsity sports at MIT (not football) and played a very different position in college than I did in high school. My second varsity sport, that I didn’t stick with at the varsity level, was a sport that I never would have imagined playing in high school but sounded like fun at MIT.</p>
<p>So, it isn’t a random process. But there is a reason.</p>