XC runner walking onto FOOTBALL team for 5th year??

If you can catch, run routes, and take a hit, you can contribute to the team, but you won't be given a chance.

The coach isn't going to take on a project player with only one year of eligibility.

If your school sucks, and you win a national title in track or XC, you might stand a shred of a chance of getting on a football team for the novelty factor alone. Join a military branch and get shot or get a purple heart or something, then do the above, and you might find yourself returning kicks in a cupcake game.

Former 1AA player. I agree with the first reply. You might be able to do it but you need that experience of being hit, route running, covering kickoffs/punts, etc.

Not worth the effort to bulk up and learn and then possibly NOT make the team.

Enjoy your CTE.

Why not do swimming instead if you absolutely must be on a team? Do you only have fall semster left? Its hard for a lot of schools to get swimmers for the longer distances.

Otherwise, why not keep training on your own and run a half or marathon in the fall.

Ihaveadreamofplayingd2football wrote:

Background: I go to a pretty good D2 school. Our football team made it to the 3rd round of regionals.

I am 6'1, 155 lbs and am a sophomore 5k runner. I am very athletic but have no football experience.

After my senior track season could I hit the weights over the summer and get good enough to make at least the punt return team of my college football team? Anyone one here have experience of walking onto a football team? Also, if you have any lifting advice let me know. How much weight do I need to gain? What are my chances of getting CTE?

I really want to make a difference for people around me, since I am sterile and cannot have children, I think this could be a way to "give back," because it would show people that anything is possible.

Adoption is a better choice than CTE.

You do not want to participate in XC your junior year? Stop the mileage and power lift at least five days a week, eat plenty of protein and train like a sprinter. Maybe 6'1" 180lbs. with a sub-4.75 40 yard dash. Perfect for suicide squad b.k.a. kick off team. Have fun!

I have a friend who walked onto the football team his junior year at a d1 top 30 football school. This is a school regularly playing in bowl games.

Of course, he was 6'4" 280ish and very lean for that bmi.

Football programs generally have a huge number of bench players so they have somebody to beat up on in practice during drills. With the huge numbers going to d1 schools, d2 schools are real left with slim pickings. The amount of football talent in d2 and d3 programs is very low. It wouldn't be shocking for you to be allowed to walk on

Ihaveadreamofplayingd2football wrote:

I really want to make a difference for people around me, since I am sterile and cannot have children, I think this could be a way to "give back," because it would show people that anything is possible.

I got inspired just reading this!

Background: I played football in college and now coach XC & TF at a quality HS program.

If you are a good D2 runner, you have spent the last half of your life developing your slow twitch muscles. Football isn’t kind to people who can run sub-15 5ks; it selects people who can sprint 20yds in 2.4 seconds. You simply won’t be able to undo the slow twitch adaptations you have made over the last decade in one summer.