{"id":1227,"date":"2015-07-16T10:42:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2016-10-28T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T19:22:37","slug":"2015-b1g-football-recruiting-breakdown-multiple-sports-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/2015-b1g-football-recruiting-breakdown-multiple-sports-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 B1G Football Recruiting Breakdown &#8211; 84% Multiple Sports Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TrackingFootball has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">national leader<\/a> in researching the high school multiple sports background of football players at all levels. \u00a0We recently focused our attention on the 2015 recruiting classes of B1G football programs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overall 84% of all B1G recruits had multiple sports backgrounds in high school. \u00a0In addition there were more three sport athletes (24%) than there were &#8220;football only&#8221; players (16%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>56% of all B1G recruits participated in track and field, making it the most popular secondary sport. \u00a037% played basketball, 11% played baseball, and 5% wrestled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>13 out of the 14 B1G programs had at least a 75% high school multiple sport participation rate from their recruiting classes. \u00a0Purdue was the only team not to reach that benchmark (54%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Iowa was the only team in the B1G that had 100% multiple sport participation, however Michigan State, Michigan, and Minnesota had all but one of their recruits participate another high school sport.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High school multiple sport participation, not specialization, has been the path for most 2015 B1G football recruits. TrackingFootball allows high school football players to create free\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\">athletic profiles<\/a> that evaluate and compare players based on position, height, weight, <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/why\/strength-coefficient-score\/\" target=\"_blank\">weight lifting data<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/why\/player-athletic-index\/\" target=\"_blank\">track &amp; field<\/a> and multiple sports information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1232\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G1-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"B1G\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G1-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/B1G.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TrackingFootball has been a national leader in researching the high school multiple sports background of football players at all levels. \u00a0We recently focused our attention on the 2015 recruiting classes of B1G football programs. 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