I played sports at a relatively competitive level for a long time. I do not remember seeing players with significant leadership ability. Maybe this is true on

I played sports at a relatively competitive level for a long time. I do not remember seeing players with significant leadership ability. Maybe this is true on a relative scale (E.g. good leadership skills for their age), but I don't believe it's true on an absolute scale and an absolute scale is the only useful scale in a professional environment. I also believe that leadership skill is domain-specific, so having significant experience in your domain along with good leadership skills (Real skills, not from courses or workshops or whatever) does not at all seem feasible by the age of 20.