UPDATE: Tracking Football finds 88% of all 2017 NFL Draft picks were multiple sports athletes in high school. According to Tracking Football research, 94% of 2017 NFL Draft 1st round picks played another sport in high school. Click here to see our research through round 3. Sign up for a free account and get access […]
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Tracking Football 2017 NFL Draft 1st Round
Find the high school multisport backgrounds of all 1st round NFL draft picks below: Pick 1 Browns – Myles Garrett 5.0/5.0 PAI – Track & Field, Basketball Pick 2 Bears – Mitchell Trubisky – Basketball Pick 3 49ers – Solomon Thomas 2.9/5.0 PAI – Track & Field, Basketball Pick 4 Jaguars – Leonard Fournette 5.0/5.0 PAI – Track & Field […]
289 of 330 NFL Combine invitees were HS multi-sport athletes
For almost 20 years Tracking Football has researched the multiple sport background of football players across the nation. Year after year our studies indicate that the majority of professional and division 1 collegiate football players did not specialize in one sport during high school. Below is a summary of our 2017 NFL Combine invitee research: […]
88.5% 2016 NFL Draft picks played multiple sports in high school
The 2016 NFL Draft had the highest percentage of high school multiple sport athletes drafted since 2013. According to Tracking Football research, 224 out of the 253 (88.5%) draftees had also participated in a sport other than football during their high school career. Below are the participation percentages by sport: Track & Field: 148 (58.5%) Basketball: 114 […]
Multiple sport athletes dominate 1st round of NFL Draft again
Tracking Football has been following the high school athletic backgrounds of NFL draft picks since 2008. Year after year we find that multiple sport athletes are drafted at a much higher percentage than those that specialized in football as preps. 2016 has started just the same, as we found that 26 out of the 31 […]
Tracking Football NFL Draft Study and high school sports
As this year’s NFL Draft inches closer we take a look back at last year’s NFL Draft study and an article which used our numbers. The article, written by Jon Styf and Mike DeFabo, examined summer sports schedules of current high school athletes and whether those schedules promote specialization and discourage multi-sport participation. —————- Article brief […]
High school track & field athletes at 2016 NFL Combine
Recently TrackingFootball studied the high school multiple sports background of the 332 college football players invited to the 2016 NFL Combine. Below are some of the findings: Multiple Sports Overview 89% played another sport 58% were track and field athletes 48% were basketball players 11% were baseball players 5% were wrestlers Player Athletic Index Score […]
2015 NFL Draft’s Best by High School Shot Put
Listed below are the top high school shot put performances by players drafted by the NFL this year. The criteria to be listed required a player to have verified high school track data in the shot put. We did not include any collegiate performances because not enough players threw shot put in college for a good comparison. We also provided each […]
40 Fastest players drafted by the NFL in 2015
Listed below are the Top 40 fastest players drafted by the NFL this year. The criteria to be listed required a player to have verified high school track data in the 100 meter dash. We did not include any collegiate times because not enough players ran track in college for a good comparison. There are several very […]
Game film not necessary to see how Jaguars’ and Falcons’ picks topped the 2015 NFL draft
Now that the NFL draft dust has settled, “draft grades” have come out from a variety of outlets. NFL analysts Chris Burke & Doug Farrar, as well as Bucky Brooks have graded the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons in the “A/A-” range. Dan Kadar went as far to say that the two teams “won the […]