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No, your math is cockeyed and the parent is much closer. "Roughly speaking, there were 1,083,308 high school football players competing, and eventually 251 mad
by joe_the_user 2y ago
No, your math is cockeyed and the parent is much closer.
"Roughly speaking, there were 1,083,308 high school football players competing, and eventually 251 made it to pro. After simple calculation, we can get that the percentage of student-athletes going pro is approximately 0.023%."
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- hooloovoo_zoo 2y agoThat 1M is a 4 year rate and the 250 is a 1 year rate. Additionally you don’t have to be drafted to play in the NFL. So it’s about 5x that.
- Retric 2y agoHigh school lasts 4 years. Some people play for all 4 years but if the average is 2 years you’re looking at 0.5 million people playing for the first time each year. Most players aren’t drafted. The average NFL career lasts 3.3 years. 2400 / 3.3 = 727 new players per year. 500,000 / 727 would be 1 in 687 or 0.15%.