at what age can a high school football sign with a university?
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Universities and colleges in the United Stes will not accept any student unless they have graduated high school or received a GED. However, there are certain instances when a teen or even child will be accepted but ONLY if they have an extremely high IQ or have completed an accelerated program approved by thier school district AND the universities to which they apply.\n\nAs for your specific question of signing for football and possibly a scholarship; well, you could sign anytime if they are willing to wait until you graduate. Recruiters from colleges would rather have you get a diploma than a GED as it sets a good example that you are able to complete responsibility and follow through with a goal. A football player with a college is a public example for all to follow. Check with the college for which you wish to go to and they will tell you thier regulations as many have different standards in any country. Hope this helped.
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Well first things first you need to be 20 years old. Secondly, you need to be playing in some sort of collegiate level league for 2 years. If not that, then a professional league...It's a lot tougher nowadays than it used to be.
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Well I do not know how many youth play football, but there are 32 teams in the NFL each with about 70 players on their active rosters and practice squads.  That means there are about 2240 players in the NFL.  Most high school football teams have about 50 players per team (Varsity, JV, Freshman) and there are thousands of high schools in the country (to make the math simple lets say that there are 10,000 high schools in the US with Varsity, JV, and Freshman teams.  That means that there are about 1,500,000 people playing high school football in the US.  Of those only about .14% of people who play high school football make it to the NFL.  These numbers are just estimates, if anything the number of high school football players is low.
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The NCAA rules allow a player 5 years to complete his/her 4 years of eligibility.\n\nA true freshman is someone playing during the first year of eligibility.\n\nA fifth year senior is someone who sat out a year (see red shirt) and is completing the 4th year of eligibility during his/her 5th year in school.\n\nA walkon is someone who was not recruted and given a scholarship. The athlete just showed up, tried out, and was good enough to stay on the team.\n\nA red shirt is an athlete who is passing up a year of play to extend eligibility. Red shirted players are allowed to practice with the team but not take part in competition.\nOriginally, red shirting was allowed if an athlete was injured severly enough to end his season. The team could petition the NCAA for an extra year of eligibilty, and the player was red shirted for the remainder of the year.\nThe name comes from the practice of having injured football players wear a red practice jersey to protect him during practice. \n\nToday redshirting may be done to allow a player to gain an extra year of experience before playing in "The Big Time". It also may be done as a personel management tool. If a coach has two equally good players competing for one position as quarterback, one may be redshirted. That way his eligability isn't used up sitting on the bench.
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None. There is a minimum age for the NFL. I don't know exactly what it is, but I believe it is in the low 20's.
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In the UK, university requirements dictate that students must have 13 years of school plus A-levels exams. This is why students from Canadian or US universities (who graduate high school after 12 years) who transfer to UK universities are received as year 1 students (Year 2 under certain circumstances). The best thing to do in this situation is to contact the admissions office at the university and ask for more information about transfer requirements. \nGood luck!
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IF you are a walk on then when you attend wthe college of your choice you can try out. If you want a scholorship get your high school football coach to arrange the applications for you.
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I would say a highschool but at least 4 years of college would help.
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wide receiver or hit the weight room and you can be a running back.  it depends how old you are
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16 that's only if you go through the court system, you can drop out of highschool at 16 though. you have to be 18 to move out.
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you only live once... you can try football this year since you will never be able to play it after high school.. but you can play soccer any were like with your friends and everything you get what im sayin.
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No.  Unless the contract specifically states you have to be 21, or a different age.
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In Georgia yes they can.\n\nBut they still can not legally sign a rental agreement, buy a car and so on.  \n\nit is better to wait till you are 18 and out of high school
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If you are drafted by a pro baseball organization you are "theirs" for two years, regardless of whether you sign a contract or not.  If you don't sign a contract within those two years with that team, you are thrown back into the draft pool and can be picked in the draft again, hopefully by a different team.\n\nLetters of intent are primarily used in the college context.  If you could provide a bit about where you saw the reference, that would be helpful; often, high school players sign LOIs to play for colleges, but those are released when the high schooler gets drafted by a pro team and decides he'd rather start his pro career right away.
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Like the Above answer stated, A true Freshman is sumone who plays in their VERY first year of college. Its as opposed to, like the above answerer stated, a "Red shirt Freshman" who may be 1 year into college, but has defered his athletic eligibility for 1 year, his/her true freshamn year, for whatever reason. And once you have declared as a Redshirt, even if yer in yer second year, THats when yer eligibility to play begins. so in theory, you can graduate and still have College athletic eligibility and be able to play whatever sport it is you play. Redshirts can go to their teams practices and work out with team and attend classes on full scholarship if they have a scholarship, but they do not participate in games..thus preserving that one year of eligibility... thats why you have 5th year seniors in college sports..no, theyre not dumb/stupid academically lol, they just redshirted.
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Listen to Chad Johnson...and that will tell you the minimum education level needed to play football.
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Most state leagues either frown on or officially forbid cutting players (here in Virginia I cannot cut a player) but it is like they say, all things are relative.  How big is your school?  If you go to a IA school you should have no problem getting playing time.  However, if you go to a city school, it is highly likely that at first you will seldom be given a chance to play.  Another factor is your age.  Many state leagues have age restrictions, but most will grant you four years eligibility prior to turning 21.  All the schools I know have a gym and a weight lifting program.  GO!!!  You will get noticed by the coaches, and you will thank  me when the girls notice you as well.  Seriously, playing time isnt all that matters.  Show enthusiasm for special teams, where you can easily make a name for yourself.  If you dont start on Offense, you will get to scrimmage against the starters in practice.  Show no fear, take it to them.  If you have no experience yet, shoot for playing defense as a 9th grader.  If you are big sized, take pride in being a lineman.  You may get no glory, but at the end of the day you will have the self satisaction of doing your job well.  THat is the best lesson football can teach anyone.  The site below will be helpful.