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A quick search states about 2% of college football players manage to go pro. I'm not familiar, but I imagine it's a bit of a cliff for the other 98%? There don

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > I'm not familiar, but I imagine it's a bit of a cliff for the other 98%? There don't seem to be too many transferable skills from college football if you don't make a living from football. I think football players tend very often to take academic programs relating to communication/journalism, education, or PE/exercise science/etc., and there are certainly some transferable skills from college football itself, along with such programs, to sports journalism, coaching/athletic training, and teaching in secondary school PE programs.