5'6 too small to play college football?

[zaxx19]

Which camps have you gone to?? Invited to??
Timed @??

Whats your 40 time?

Now take that number your coach hand timed you at and add at least .20 of a second.

Whats your vert>?

[Michael Davis]

"I'm a receiver. I'm good, but I've been told I'm too small for most "good" D1 teams."

This is probably true. Have you considered switching to DB?

-Michael

[cold_cash]

Probably because most D1 corners will be just as fast, if not faster, than you are, and will also have a substantial height advantage.

Your days of running right by everyone are over.

[siccjay]

At 5'6'' you are in trouble at WR. If you are lighting fast you can return kicks. I'd say you would have to be GREAT to play D-1.

[InchoateHand]

And UM did what this year? Limped along, suckered itself into the rose bowl and promptly choked. Not much of an argument for the shorties.

[zaxx19]

I hope thats a joke...

In a yr where they basically were rebuilding they almost beat the poll #3 team in the nation in the Rose Bowl.

Plz note I am a diehard OSU fan.

[Edge34]

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Probably because most...corners will be just as fast, if not faster, than you are

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The exact reason I had to quit playing corner after HS... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I guess a 4.8-4.9 isn't that good in college. Of course, I've gotten to be a pretty damn good kicker, FWIW.

[cold_cash]

I'm not saying you can't be a stump and still play D1 football.

I'm saying if you're a stump you better be a freak also.

Most people aren't freaks. Most people don't have the athletic abilities necessary to play D1 football. If you're shorter than average it just makes an already steep hill twice as steep, that's all I'm saying.

[someguy2]

I'd say your chances are extremely slim unless you're INSANELY good.

My freshman year of high school, we had this incredible quarterback who shattered pretty much every league passing record. He didn't have a great arm, great athleticism, or anything special, but he was the smartest hs qb I'd ever seen, he always seemed to make the right decisions and make those clutch plays. He led our team to three straight league titles, undefeated regular seasons, his senior year he threw for an insane amount of yards and TDs, had only like 2 or 3 interceptions, and his completion rate was the highest in the state. He was all-state his junior and senior years, yet he didn't get a single scholarship offer from a D1 school.

Oh yeah, he was 5'8.

[cold_cash]

If there's a D1 corner out there who runs a 4.9 40 yard dash, he won't be a D1 corner for much longer.