I’m not sure if we would have let them play football. We started them in soccer and swimming, and neither ever asked. Older S would have been broken in two in football. As a kid he was so skinny. He’s tall and broad now, but as a kid… lol. No way. Younger S was sturdier, but he loved soccer and all of his friends played too.
neither would good enough to play in college. None of them had any season injuries from soccer. The 3 broken arms came from regular playing and falling out of a tree. A stress fracture in a foot, but I’m not sure if it was cross country or soccer. He was doing both at the same time.