Ask a Graduating College Football Player Anything

[NueveUno]

Tryin playin D1 football buddy, Played it for 3 years till I had my third knee surgery. Buddy of mine plays for Miami, lived in the Bahamas knew very little bout football. They like havin few guys with little experience, then they develop them into what they want them to be. Nothin wrong with playin D3 football, but no need to make excuses why you didnt make D1

lol yes I am making excuses... since I recieved offers from 2 D-1AA schools all the way on the other side of the country and I didnt find much desire to attend their school I suck... read the post before you start making stupid threads that I am making excuses of WHY i didnt make D-1 ball... I have plenty of years left of eligbility and I will be there sooner or later.... I swear if the 2 of you guys were at elite schools for football you would think your education would be somewhere up to par since you were attending these great institutes

[NueveUno]

as a matter of fact **** this thread its making me look immature, but I just cant stand people putting words in someones mouth... anyway thanks for the advice STEEL

[DavidJr74]

Go ahead, shoot =)

I am 5'11 and play Defensive End. I weight 172 pounds. I'm working on getting to play Varsity next year. I have played my Freshmen year and sophmore year. My 40yard time is 5.25....I'm working on it

Would you recommend me to add more weight though? I seem a little small compared to the O-linemen. What should my weight goal be for next year?

Thanks for starting up this thread.

[54bobcat54]

what are the qualifications for defensive ends strength, speed, weight wise?

[xKKx7]

You think I could have a good chance getting scouted to one of the Ivy's or even Stanford wit my size for a defensive lineman if I keep workign on it. I'm only a sophomore so help me out.

6 feet (Supposed to grow at least another inch)
Max bench = 185
Max deadlift = 310
Max squat = 300
Max Powerclean = 180 (This is low cuz i just started powercleaning)
40 time = 5.45 I know it's really slow. I'm working on it.

Thanks

[MANOSTEEL00]

I am 5'11 and play Defensive End. I weight 172 pounds. I'm working on getting to play Varsity next year. I have played my Freshmen year and sophmore year. My 40yard time is 5.25....I'm working on it

Would you recommend me to add more weight though? I seem a little small compared to the O-linemen. What should my weight goal be for next year?

Thanks for starting up this thread.

I would say place the most priority on your speed. Think of it this way, it's a lot harder to go through something than around something.

So, if you can run circles around the O-Linemen infront of you...you are going to be really successful. Work on your explosiveness and overall speed.

[MANOSTEEL00]

You think I could have a good chance getting scouted to one of the Ivy's or even Stanford wit my size for a defensive lineman if I keep workign on it. I'm only a sophomore so help me out.

6 feet (Supposed to grow at least another inch)
Max bench = 185
Max deadlift = 310
Max squat = 300
Max Powerclean = 180 (This is low cuz i just started powercleaning)
40 time = 5.45 I know it's really slow. I'm working on it.

Thanks

Honestly, your stats really wouldn't make you stick out among HS athletes, but that doesn't say too much. Skill, heart, and work ethic are the most important factors in determining a good football player...not just stats (although they are highly correlated with them usually). Work your butt off in the weight room and on the field and anything can happen.

[MANOSTEEL00]

what are the qualifications for defensive ends strength, speed, weight wise?

I wouldn't say there really are "qualifications". Good football players stick out on film.

But, basic stats do help some. I'd say anything over 6'2, 220, and a sub 4.9 would be pretty attractive for a TE/DE out of college.

[MANOSTEEL00]

Awesome bro...you guys are definitely in a hell of a conference, no doubt...we were 5-5 this year in the weak MIAA...we keep telling ourselves the only way to do good in the playoffs is to completely annihilate everyone in that conference, so that's our goal for this year.

Our league champs, Hope, ran into Mt. Union in the first round...49-0 later Hope's season was over.

I saw you guys played Wheaton last year. Tough team, I watched them play against my best buddies team, Millikin, last year during a bye. They got stomped too =/

[PowerBuilder08]

I saw you guys played Wheaton last year. Tough team, I watched them play against my best buddies team, Millikin, last year during a bye. They got stomped too =/

Yeah man...they were the fastest team by the way of O and D line that we saw

[T-Wrecks]

A couple questions.

In your opinion, if I didn't play much varsity my junior year, how much will that affect playing in college?

Also, How much do you think height played a role in positions? I love linebacker, but I feel I am too short (5'8).

Also, How important are stats? I personally think I have good lifts for being a junior in HS (235 bench, 350 squat, 365 deadlift, 195 clean, 4.78 40yrd. 5'8, 170lbs).

Any help is appreciated.


Thanks


-Terik.

[MANOSTEEL00]

A couple questions.

In your opinion, if I didn't play much varsity my junior year, how much will that affect playing in college?

Also, How much do you think height played a role in positions? I love linebacker, but I feel I am too short (5'8).

Also, How important are stats? I personally think I have good lifts for being a junior in HS (235 bench, 350 squat, 365 deadlift, 195 clean, 4.78 40yrd. 5'8, 170lbs).

Any help is appreciated.


Thanks


-Terik.

I didn't play too much my Junior year. It makes things more difficult, but you can still get attention.

Height is somewhat important. I really didn't play defense, but I know it's important to see the play develop as a linebacker and spot the ball carrier. We have a 5'8 LB on our team who is great because of his low center of gravity, but he has trouble with his reads because of his height. This goes for a lot of positions.

Edit: As I said a few posts ago, stats arn't as important as the skill of the player. I work for the football office right now, and I can tell you coaches don't put a lot of weight on stats because they usually are BS. They are more concerned with height/weight and game footage.

[State00]

what was your conditioning like? was every practice full contact or were there some days you just went lightbulb(helmets, shoulderpads and shorts)?

[hallgs]

Been reading this thread for a bit today(just joined the site to check out some extra edge training tips). I start at DT for a school in the mighty SEC conference(rising senior) and Ill say this for all u guys trying to make it big time. Outwork everyone. When your friends are out partying go run stadiums and train. Most of you sound young, and have some time to change your status. There aint no majic ticket to the bigtime. Just remember this there's thousands of kids trying to get the same scholarship you are. When u aren't going hard someone else always is. remeber that the next time feel lazy. I promise you,and the college guys in here will tell you the summer conditioning test and workouts in college aint no joke!! Don't know if any college guys in here do the 110 test, but trust me its a beast. Keep outworking them.

[kevn594]

please dont remind me of the 110 test....id rather set myself on fire haha

[I The Man]

I play Defensive End. Im gonna be a junior in August and I really would like to play D-1 ball.

Currently
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
Speed: 4.9

Estimate for Senior Year
Height: 6-4
Weight 210
Speed: 4.6

Do you think those are good enough tangibles to be recruited by D-1 Schools?

[kevn594]

omfg dude you piss me off so bad sometimes, you think your the **** and your a slob... I did not say I didnt get on a team because of my expierience stupid... if I sucked or was lieing do you think I would get invites from the top 2 prep schools in the nation aka Hargrave Military Academy and Milford Academy... if you still choose not to beleive me I could just scan all the letters in my desk and copy and paste all the emails I have... I did not in anyway say the team did not take me because of expierience... you guys are retarted, and yes i take offence to people being ignorant and putting words into my mouth...

hahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha being invited to a prep school is like talking to a junior college buddy, congrats on that hahahahhahahahahhahahah

im just saying that using the "i didnt have the experience they wanted" line doesnt work. if you are good, you are good. regardless of how long you have played football.

a good example is Michael Roos, starting OT for Tennessee Titans. Drafted 2nd round out of Eastern Washington. Only played 1 year of high school football, very raw, but given a scholarship to EWU. Started for 2 years there and was the best offensive lineman in DIAA.

you just need to calm down, im not saying that i dont believe you. im sure you are a good player, but i hate those kids on the board that just say "oh i was really good in high school and everyone was looking at me but they said i didnt have enough experience" or "ya, this school recruited me but i really didnt like this or that" i just dont like kids excuses for not going somewhere (not saying yours in an excuse)

so i really want want to talk **** online so ill just state my opinion and you can call me names.

cya

[watchandsee23]

Notice he only started two years though. He probably redshirted. Plus on the oline if you are big its easy to improve. You can always teach techniqe and improve strength. There was a lineman that was 6'6" 325lbs last year in a school in my state. he wrestled and played football only his senior year. He was noticed during the spring had a decent season and got a scholarship. Not exatcly sure where though. He only benched 190-210 when he first started lifting during his senior year also.

[apipedream0750]

hahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha being invited to a prep school is like talking to a junior college buddy, congrats on that hahahahhahahahahhahahah

im just saying that using the "i didnt have the experience they wanted" line doesnt work. if you are good, you are good. regardless of how long you have played football.

a good example is Michael Roos, starting OT for Tennessee Titans. Drafted 2nd round out of Eastern Washington. Only played 1 year of high school football, very raw, but given a scholarship to EWU. Started for 2 years there and was the best offensive lineman in DIAA.

you just need to calm down, im not saying that i dont believe you. im sure you are a good player, but i hate those kids on the board that just say "oh i was really good in high school and everyone was looking at me but they said i didnt have enough experience" or "ya, this school recruited me but i really didnt like this or that" i just dont like kids excuses for not going somewhere (not saying yours in an excuse)

so i really want want to talk **** online so ill just state my opinion and you can call me names.

cya

can you at least tell us wat confrence ur in?

[hallgs]

I play Defensive End. Im gonna be a junior in August and I really would like to play D-1 ball.

Currently
Height: 6-2
Weight: 175
Speed: 4.9

Estimate for Senior Year
Height: 6-4
Weight 210
Speed: 4.6

Do you think those are good enough tangibles to be recruited by D-1 Schools?

Im basing this off your senior numbers. If you can run a "true" 4.6 that will get you great looks, at 210 however you need to be a great passrusher. Im talking double digit sacks. You need to ge that weight up to about 220. Our defensive ends range from 225 to 260. The guy thats 225 is 6ft6 and had 6 sacks as a freshman last year. But keep working hard man, If you can get toa 4.6 you got a shot. But all that means nothing if your gamefilm sucks.

[I The Man]

Thanks for the great reply man. I'll take that into consideration.

[watchandsee23]

can you at least tell us wat confrence ur in?

SEC.......

[I The Man]

You play college ball?

[watchandsee23]

You play college ball?

were you talking to me? If so no.

[I The Man]

Yeah I was. I thought you were saying that you were in the SEC lol. Would of been great inspiration.

[apipedream0750]

kevn plays in the SEC also?

[watchandsee23]

I think I remeber him saying that.

How would it be inspiration?

[apipedream0750]

I think I remeber him saying that.

How would it be inspiration?

id prol be inclined to guess because ur only 5'8 165

[I The Man]

naw lol, Im far from that height wise.

But for people who were shorter players.

[Cheetah]

You're a real role model to me lol Spring Training is in one week.