
THE MISCONCEPTION
​How to Become a NFL Football Player
This is a real article. It is sad that so many young athletes think being a professional is this easy.
1. Join your high school football team. The road to football stardom usually begins in high school. Scouts regularly check standout high school seniors, and performing well in high school is what leads to a college scholarship.
2. Know and understand the game. You can't hope to be a professional football player if you don't understand how the game works from all sides. It's not just important for you to know your position, but all the positions on the field and how they work together to create the game.
3. Practice. Become the best at whatever your position is. There are thousands of boys around the country who are vying for the same opportunity so the more you practice the better your chances of being a standout at your position.
4. Land a scholarship to a D-1 school. If you follow Steps 1 through 3 then you will position yourself to get that all-important scholarship. If you don't get a scholarship, attend a D-1 university and walk onto the team. This makes it a lot harder to become a professional football player but your chances will be better than sitting at home uneducated.
5. Become a standout on your college team. However you make it onto the team you want to make sure you're one of the star players of that team. This means applying Steps 2 and 3 to your college career.
6. Get an invite to the Combine and impress the scouts. If you've been a standout on the college team and garnered some All-American honors you may be asked to the Combine. This is your chance to impress the scouts who are responsible for drafting for the pro teams. While not getting invited doesn't mean you won't be in the NFL, it definitely increases your chances.
7. Sit back and wait to be drafted. Your dream of being a professional football player is around the corner.
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All 32 NFL teams have until Monday at 4 p.m. ET to trim rosters from 90 players down to 75. The Eagles used the weekend to get a head start. The eagles parted ways with corner back Cliff Harris. Harris was a former college All-American at Oregon after an eight-interception effort following the 2010 season, and on top of that he was a dangerous return man. On the field, there was plenty to like, and along with Damaris Johnson, the Eagles had landed two of the biggest names among rookie un-drafted free agents. But also like Johnson, Harris' off-field baggage was the reason he went un-drafted.​
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Still, the news of his release comes as a shock.​
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​Why didn't Harris make the cut here?
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Harris needs to add strength and he needs to refine his technique and he still needs to learn to approach the game as a professional. Talent alone doesn't get it done in this league. Every player has talent.​
CB Cliff Harris Surprise Cut for Eagles​​​​
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High School Football Athletes |
1,112,303 |
| NCAA College Football Athletes | 64,879 |
| Drafted into the NFL | 250 |
| Percentage of High School to NCAA | 5.8% |
| Percentage of NCAA to NFL | 1.7% |
| Percentage you will play 4 years** | .08% |
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**MUST PLAY 4 YEARS TO RECEIVE PENSION
• Odds of being on plane with a drunken pilot: 117 to 1
• Odds of writing a New York Times best seller: 220 to 1
• Odds of finding out your child is a genius: 250 to 1
• Odds of catching a ball at a major league ballgame: 563 to 1
• Odds of being killed in a car crash 5,000 to 1
• Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1
• Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1
• Odds of being murdered: 18,000 to 1
• Odds of being a professional Football Player: 22,000/ 1
PLAYING THE ODDS
