{"id":2474,"date":"2017-01-22T18:08:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T00:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2017-01-22T19:51:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T01:51:29","slug":"afc-championship-high-school-multiple-sports-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/afc-championship-high-school-multiple-sports-participation\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Championship: High School Multiple Sports Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking Football research finds that the 53 man rosters for the New England Patriots\u00a0and Pittsburgh Steelers are full of athletes that played multiple sports in high school. Our studies continue to prove that elite football players do not specialize.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/blog\/nfc-championship-high-school-multiple-sports-participation\/\">Click here to see NFC Championship research.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFC Championship Rosters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>88.7% &#8211; Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>50.9% &#8211; Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>48.0% &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>17.9% &#8211; Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New England Patriots\u00a0&#8211; 3.52 PAI Average:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>92.5% &#8211; Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>43.4% &#8211; Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>58.5% &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>22.6% &#8211; Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport.png\" alt=\"Patriots Multisport\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport.png 720w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittsburgh Steelers &#8211; 3.52 PAI Average:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>84.9% &#8211; Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>58.5% &#8211; Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>37.7% &#8211; Basketball<\/li>\n<li>13.2% &#8211; Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Steelers-Multisport.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2478\" src=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Steelers-Multisport.png\" alt=\"Steelers Multisport\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Steelers-Multisport.png 720w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Steelers-Multisport-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Steelers-Multisport-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrckFootball\">@TrckFootball<\/a> as we publish our 2017 NFL Super Bowl, Combine, and Draft studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracking Football research finds that the 53 man rosters for the New England Patriots\u00a0and Pittsburgh Steelers are full of athletes that played multiple sports in high school. 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