{"id":2484,"date":"2017-01-22T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T03:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2017-01-23T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:14:16","slug":"super-bowl-51-rosters-full-multiple-sport-high-school-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/super-bowl-51-rosters-full-multiple-sport-high-school-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl 51 rosters full of multiple sport high school athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For almost 20 years Tracking Football has researched the multiple sport background of football players across the nation. Year after year our studies indicate that the majority of professional and collegiate football players did not specialize in one sport during high school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is a summary of our 2016 Super Bowl L research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">88% of Super Bowl football players were multiple sport athletes, 63% track &amp; field in high school. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SB50?src=hash\">#SB50<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/multisport?src=hash\">#multisport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8uAWkHPUFQ\">pic.twitter.com\/8uAWkHPUFQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tracking Football (@TrckFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrckFootball\/status\/696354543278428162\">February 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Bowl LI will again feature a high percentage of athletes that played multiple sports as preps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">94 of 106 (88.7%) football players on Super Bowl team rosters played another sport in HS. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SB51?src=hash\">#SB51<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patriots?src=hash\">#Patriots<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RiseUp?src=hash\">#RiseUp<\/a><br \/>\n\u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jIDbk4vUqp\">https:\/\/t.co\/jIDbk4vUqp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3gqp5Tr06\">pic.twitter.com\/C3gqp5Tr06<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tracking Football (@TrckFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrckFootball\/status\/823638280180813824\">January 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Super Bowl LI Rosters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/why\/player-athletic-index\/\">3.41 PAI Average<\/a> :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>88.7% \u2013 Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>52.8% \u2013 Basketball<\/li>\n<li>47.2% \u2013 Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>18.9% \u2013 Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New England Patriots\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/why\/player-athletic-index\/\">3.52 PAI Average<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>92.5% \u2013 Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>43.4% \u2013 Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>58.5% \u2013 Basketball<\/li>\n<li>22.6% \u2013 Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2487\" src=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-1.png\" alt=\"Patriots Multisport 1\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-1.png 720w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Patriots-Multisport-1-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlanta Falcons \u2013 3.31 PAI Average:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>84.9% \u2013 Multi-sport<\/li>\n<li>50.9% \u2013 Track &amp; Field<\/li>\n<li>47.2% \u2013 Basketball<\/li>\n<li>15.1% \u2013 Baseball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Falcons-Multisport-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2486\" src=\"http:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Falcons-Multisport-1.png\" alt=\"Falcons Multisport 1\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Falcons-Multisport-1.png 720w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Falcons-Multisport-1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Falcons-Multisport-1-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are a high school football player check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/high-school\/\">our free recruiting app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrckFootball\">@TrckFootball<\/a> to keep up with us on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/about\/\">proprietary athletic scores<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/college\/\">NCAA compliant scouting services<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For almost 20 years Tracking Football has researched the multiple sport background of football players across the nation. 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