Typical stats for a D-1 college football player?

[Madcow2]

Agreed - there's so much more to football than performance on gym lifts. Even for strength you can always find guys who are a heck of a lot stronger on the field than their gym lifts would indicate, the reverse also being true. Granted increase a given person's lifts and that given person gets stronger, but comparing accross individuals, it would be wrong to assume that the guy with the bigger lifts is necessarily going to overpower the other (although the chances of this being the case increase as the differential between them expands).

 

[Guinness5.0]

Agreed about srength not mattering much. There was a guy in high school who could squat 405 for a triple when I was only squatting 300ish for a triple. But I started and he rode the pine - I could push him around pretty good on the field. There's much more to it than brute force.

But getting stronger than you are now sure wouldn't hurt

 

[wooldog]

Sounds like I'd have to get up to around 230 or so to do any real damage since I'm not really interested in playing safety or being a receiver.

The reason I asked is that I played college soccer for 4 years and I'm out of eligibility. I was thinking about picking up a new sport for grad school because I'm a pretty strong and athletic kid who's pretty good at most sports. The athleticism and speed are there, strength is almost there, but it sounds like I'd need a lot more size.

I guess I could always bulk up a bunch, get the squat in the 5's and then have some real fun...I've always liked hitting people.

Wait, so you didn't play football in high school? Forget it then. Almost everyone you'll be competing against will have played (and excelled) in Pop Warner, and HS football.

FB takes a lot of skill and practice. Just because you're strong doesn't mean you;ll make a good football player. Let alone playing DI.

 

[JKurz1]

I know many dude that are farm boy strong and many gigantic monsters who are weak....There is a outside linebacker for OSU right now who I grew up with....you would never ever ever guess his bench was 425+, as he looked like a complete hick and prob. weighs 215 max.......soft, but fast and strong.

 

[lifersfc]

Wait, so you didn't play football in high school? Forget it then. Almost everyone you'll be competing against will have played (and excelled) in Pop Warner, and HS football.

FB takes a lot of skill and practice. Just because you're strong doesn't mean you;ll make a good football player. Let alone playing DI.

I understand that football does take a lot of skill. But things like covering a man or running through a pack of defenders are similar in many sports, even if the rules of the game are very different. I'm not saying that transitioning would be something that is easy or common, but I'm very athletic, agile, and explosive so I might just give it a try, especially if I go somewhere with a team that isn't very good. Worst case, my leg is strong and I could kick long field goals without any problem.

If I tried to pick up a sport like lacrosse, I would be dead. The stick handling, passing, and shooting would take way too much practice to get down. There's no way I could compete. Football is somewhat more about strength, speed, and explosiveness than any of the alternatives I can think of. And I really like the idea of hitting people really fucking hard.

Maybe I'm stuck playing rugby or kicking field goals, I guess we'll see...

 

[cubuff27]

To be honest before wasting anymore time I would talk with the NCAA rep. on your campus. Because just because you played 4 years of soccer doesn't mean you can then turn around and play another sport. Your window of op in the NCAA is limited to 5 years (4 years plus redshirt) regardless of what sport you play. So just because you were a great athlete doesn't mean you could play 4 years of soccer than go to grad school and play 4 years of football.

 

[lifersfc]

To be honest before wasting anymore time I would talk with the NCAA rep. on your campus. Because just because you played 4 years of soccer doesn't mean you can then turn around and play another sport. Your window of op in the NCAA is limited to 5 years (4 years plus redshirt) regardless of what sport you play. So just because you were a great athlete doesn't mean you could play 4 years of soccer than go to grad school and play 4 years of football.

Didn't know that...well that sucks!

 

[Jayhawk21]

I kind of disagree that how much you lift and how fast you are doesn't really matter. NFL pro's are athletic specimens. By far, the most athletic people in the world. They have 300 pound lineman that are FAST even. If you haven't ever played football before and you were 6-2 230, ran a 4.4 and benched 600, let me assure you they would find a place for you.

 

[PurpleHulk]

Haha, Great point cubuff27. You have 4 -6 maybe 7 years of elgibility for college athletics, and thats only if you could get a medical redshirt on top of a redshirt. That would be nice thou if you could play a sport for 4 years then change sports and play another 4 years. And if you ever try to purse a football career dont worry so much bout strength, SPEED and AGILITY are the key factors.

 

[Madcow2]

I kind of disagree that how much you lift and how fast you are doesn't really matter. NFL pro's are athletic specimens. By far, the most athletic people in the world. They have 300 pound lineman that are FAST even. If you haven't ever played football before and you were 6-2 230, ran a 4.4 and benched 600, let me assure you they would find a place for you.

I think that's basically judging potential. Someone who has those stats is worth looking at and very possibly investing significant time to get them up to usefulness (i.e. grabbing a receiver from the track team). That said, if they get you out there and you flail horrendously and just can't keep pace or improve reasonably to where your quality of play will be in line with your stats, you won't be there for long.