{"id":1599,"date":"2016-04-29T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2016-04-29T16:04:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T21:04:31","slug":"multiple-sport-athletes-dominate-1st-round-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/multiple-sport-athletes-dominate-1st-round-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple sport athletes dominate 1st round of NFL Draft again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracking Football<\/a> has been following the high school athletic backgrounds of NFL draft picks since 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachSpil\/status\/726041328950333440\" target=\"_blank\">Year after year<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrckFootball\/status\/725898646189809666\" target=\"_blank\">26 out of the 31 1st round picks<\/a> have played another sport in high school.<\/p>\n<p>We found that from 2013-2016 NFL 1st round picks are over two times more likely to have played 3 sports in high school than to have specialized in football only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport.jpg\" alt=\"Multisport\" width=\"726\" height=\"178\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1600 alignnone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport.jpg 726w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport-300x74.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition we found that track and field is the most popular &#8220;other sport&#8221; for 1st round NFL Draft picks over the past 4 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport-2.jpg\" alt=\"Multisport\" width=\"565\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport-2.jpg 565w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Multisport-2-300x95.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our research continues to prove that the path to the NFL doesn&#8217;t likely include focusing on football throughout high school. If you are a high school football player and want to evaluate, compare and share your athletic abilities, then check the links below to the free Tracking Football App.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/76qoI2FcmQ\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1581\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/app-store.jpeg\" alt=\"app-store\" width=\"203\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/app-store.jpeg 413w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/app-store-300x89.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gnjtsk6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1582\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/google-play.jpeg\" alt=\"google-play\" width=\"200\" height=\"59\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/google-play.jpeg 413w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/google-play-300x89.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking Football has been following the high school athletic backgrounds of NFL draft picks since 2008. 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