{"id":4245,"date":"2021-04-20T10:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:47:21","slug":"use-multiple-sports-to-up-your-college-football-recruiting-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/use-multiple-sports-to-up-your-college-football-recruiting-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Multiple Sports to Up Your College Football Recruiting Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Chad Wilson – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwitter: @gridironstuds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

When a coach is out on the trail looking for prospects,\u00a0 there is one trait that they absolutely can’t bargain on.\u00a0 Nope,\u00a0 it’s not size.\u00a0 It’s being athletic.\u00a0 You simply aren’t going to be able to function at a high level playing the game of football if you are not some kind of an athlete.\u00a0 One thing you can definitely do to acquire this valuable trait is play multiple sports.<\/p>\n

I don’t care if you are a right tackle,\u00a0 a center or a three technique.\u00a0 You have to have some athletic skill to go up against and win versus some of the best athletes in the World.\u00a0 I routinely tell people that ask me that Warren Sapp was probably the best athlete on the Miami Hurricanes when I was there.\u00a0 This is a guy that floated between 275 and 300 lbs.\u00a0 Growing up,\u00a0 Sapp played basketball and football.\u00a0 He likely played other sports too because virtually every sport he tried his hand at he was good at.\u00a0 If you don’t believe that this didn’t play a big part in his Hall of Fame career then you are kidding yourself.<\/p>\n

In the World exploding with athletic trainers and parents eager to turn their kids over to them the moment they get out of pampers,\u00a0 I am here to tell you,\u00a0 the best thing you can do when you are young is pick up a basketball, baseball, soccer ball, tennis racket, etc.\u00a0 Each sport you try develops a different set of muscles and builds the adaptation of your brain.\u00a0 While there is some good in repetitive function as a form of mastery,\u00a0 there is equal if not better stakes in the brain being able to adapt to different skills.\u00a0 A child that is exposed to multiple languages at an early age becomes a skilled linguist and studies have shown them to be highly skilled in other areas of intellect.\u00a0 When football season comes around there is round the clock emphasis on football skills.\u00a0 Trust me,\u00a0 you will get your fill of football drills when the season rolls around.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong,\u00a0 I am not telling you to totally ignore your football skills in the offseason especially as you get towards and in high school.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 I am telling you to augment your football skill by participating in other sports.\u00a0 Prior to high school,\u00a0 if the choice comes down to trainer or another sport,\u00a0 you are better off going with the other sport.\u00a0 Hopefully you have been playing multiple sports from an early age.\u00a0 To drive home my point,\u00a0 pick a few of your favorite NFL players.\u00a0 \u00a0Then,\u00a0 go to their Wikipedia page and look under ‘Early Years’ or high school.\u00a0 Chances are you will see that they excelled at multiple sports.<\/p>\n

Many college football coaches that I have talked to have told me that they look for players that played multiple sports.\u00a0 First it indicates that they are likely a good athlete.\u00a0 Second,\u00a0 it may be an indication that they are coachable.\u00a0 I am yet to run into a coach that has said they look for guys who had trainers at an early age to develop their football skills.\u00a0 The only position in football where I have seen that bear consistent fruit has been the quarterback position.\u00a0 Even with that,\u00a0 many quarterbacks were multi-sport athletes.\u00a0 Tom Brady was drafted as a baseball player as was Patrick Mahomes.\u00a0 Aaron Rogers was also a baseball player in high school and Drew Brees lettered in football, baseball and basketball as a prep in Texas,\u00a0 so there’s that.<\/p>\n

I totally get a youngster wanting to be better than all those around him at an early age.\u00a0 I know that early on,\u00a0 going to a trainer over playing other sports will seemingly give you an edge and allow you to score more touchdowns on the 9u team.\u00a0 Trust me when I tell you,\u00a0 there is a point of diminishing returns on football skill development as a youth.\u00a0 You will likely pay the price for not developing your overall athleticism once puberty hits and your peers surge beyond you because they are better athletes.\u00a0 Don’t make this fatal football mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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