This week at “The Opening” 166 of the best high school football players have assembled to perform a variety of activities that exhibit their football abilities and athleticism. At Tracking Football we believe there is no better way to assess a football player’s true athleticism than by evaluating the combination of his height, weight, position, […]
Six ‘The Opening’ finalists earn 5.0 Player Athletic Index score
Michigan recruit, Chris Evans, track durability = football versatility
The Indiana state track and field championships being held this weekend in Bloomington, Indiana, will provide 4-star Michigan football recruit Chris Evans, one last opportunity to showcase his considerable athleticism. Evans has been a valuable member of Ben Davis High School’s football and track programs for several years. Frequently, Evans participates in three or four […]
88.5% 2016 NFL Draft picks played multiple sports in high school
The 2016 NFL Draft had the highest percentage of high school multiple sport athletes drafted since 2013. According to Tracking Football research, 224 out of the 253 (88.5%) draftees had also participated in a sport other than football during their high school career. Below are the participation percentages by sport: Track & Field: 148 (58.5%) Basketball: 114 […]
Multiple sport athletes dominate 1st round of NFL Draft again
Tracking Football has been following the high school athletic backgrounds of NFL draft picks since 2008. Year after year we find that multiple sport athletes are drafted at a much higher percentage than those that specialized in football as preps. 2016 has started just the same, as we found that 26 out of the 31 […]
Tracking Football NFL Draft Study and high school sports
As this year’s NFL Draft inches closer we take a look back at last year’s NFL Draft study and an article which used our numbers. The article, written by Jon Styf and Mike DeFabo, examined summer sports schedules of current high school athletes and whether those schedules promote specialization and discourage multi-sport participation. See the article […]
High school track & field athletes at 2016 NFL Combine
Recently TrackingFootball studied the high school multiple sports background of the 332 college football players invited to the 2016 NFL Combine. Below are some of the findings: Multiple Sports Overview 89% played another sport 58% were track and field athletes 48% were basketball players 11% were baseball players 5% were wrestlers Player Athletic Index Score […]
PAI Tweet List Top 20 (1.18.16)
5.0 PAI – AJ Epenesa2017 – DE – IL6’5″ 250lbs 5.0 PAI – Nathan McBride2017 – LB – GA6’2″ 220lbs 5.0 PAI – Jeremiah Holloman2017 – WR – GA6’3″ 195lbs 4.8 PAI – Cole Van Lanen2016 – OT – WI6’5″ 280lbs 4.7 PAI – Ronald George2016 – RB – PA6’1″ 200lbs 4.3 PAI – Kade Remsberg2017 – CB – KS5’11” 170lbs […]
TrackingFootball Hosts #TXHSFBChat: Multi-Sport Participation
TrackingFootball hosted Texas High School Football Chat: Multi-Sport Participation Tracking Football – Multisport Participation Athletes need competition year round. The best way to accomplish this is by participating in DIFFERENT sports for the school during each season. Kids benefit athletically, socially, and mentally … TXHSFBCHAT.COM
Tracking Football Tweet List (1.7.2016)
Through our Twitter account coaches have been identifying names of high school football players across the country that are also track athletes. We have researched all submissions so far and evaluated them using our Player Athletic Index scoring system. As of January 7th we have scored 67 high school football players. Here are some observations 3 […]
4.0 – 5.0 PAI HS Tweet List
5.0 PAI – Nathan McBride – 2017 – LB 6’2″ / 220lbs Vidalia (GA) 4.8 PAI – Cole Van Lanen – 2016 – OT 6’5″ / 280lbs Bay Port (WI) 4.3/3.9 PAI – Kade Remsberg – 2017 – CB/RB 5’11” / 170lbs Newton (KS) 4.2 PAI – Chris Evans – 2016 – RB 5’11” / 185lbs […]
