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1. Zach Harrison – DL – Olentangy Orange – OH 5.0/5.0 PAI 4.7/5.0 Combine 10.78 100m, 21.55 200m 2. George Karlaftis – DL – West Lafayette – IN 5.0/5.0 PAI 4.6/5.0 Combine 60’00” Shot Put, 151’09” Discus Throw, 11.73 100m 3. Derek Stingley – DB – Dunham School – LA 5.0/5.0 PAI 4.6/5.0 Combine 10.89 […]
Appreciate the article written by Coach Anthony Stone. The article’s focus was the latest NFL Draft data on multi-sport backgrounds of players drafted. He brings up some interesting points about the emphasis of multi-sport participation within schools has changed and attitudes towards specialization among coaches is different too. Here’s a link to the article: What […]
Special thanks to Steve Wiltfong, Director of Recruiting/247 Sports, for meeting with us and writing this nice article. ‘College recruiting offices are buying into Tracking Football‘
Tracking Football is an NCAA compliant football scouting service providing FBS programs in the ACC, American, Big Ten, Big 12, Independent, MAC and Pac-12 with athletic analytical information on over 15,000 high school football prospects. Tracking Football has studied the high school multiple sport backgrounds of all NFL Draft picks since 2008. Player Athletic Index […]
According to Tracking Football research, 88% of 2018 NFL Draft 2nd & 3rd round picks played another sport in high school. 2018 Day 2 totals: Multisport: 60 – 88% Track & Field: 43 – 63% Basketball: 30 – 44% Baseball: 7 – 10% Wrestling: 3 – 4% Other: 3 – 4% 4 sports: 5 – […]
Tracking Football has been researching the high school multiple sport participation background of NFL Draft picks for over a decade. Read below for our 2018 Draft information. 29 of 32 (91%) NFL Draft 1st round picks were multiple sport athletes in high school Complete round 1 coverage 2018 2nd & 3rd round pick by pick: […]
According to Tracking Football research, 91% of 2018 NFL Draft 1st round picks played another sport in high school. 2018 1st round totals: Multisport: 29/32 – 91% Track & Field: 22/32 – 69% Basketball: 17/32 – 53% Baseball: 4/32 – 13% Lacrosse: 1/30 – 3% 4 sports: 1 – 3% 3 sports: 13 – 41% […]
Tracking Football has been researching the high school multiple sport participation background of NFL Draft picks for over a decade. Read below for our 2018 Draft information. 2018 1st round totals: Multisport: 29/32 Track & Field: 22/32 Basketball: 17/32 Baseball: 4/32 Lacrosse: 1/32 2018 1st round pick by pick: Pick 1 Browns – QB Baker […]
1,162 out of 1,321 (88%) Those are the numbers of players invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, since 2015, that were high school multi-sport athletes according to a recent study conducted by Tracking Football. More importantly, the average Player Athletic Index score of invited players over the past four years was significantly higher than that of DI-FBS […]
102 out of 106 (96%) players on active Super Bowl LII team rosters played multiple sports in high school, according to a recent study conducted by Tracking Football. Number of sports played in high school: 4 Sports: 4 (4%) 3 Sports: 33 (31%) 2 Sports: 65 (61%) Football only: 4 (4%) Participation percentages by sport: […]