Scholarships by Sport: Fooball

Football:
There are plenty of college scholarships available for high school football players. In fact, of all NCAA sports, football is granted the largest amount of scholarships to be distributed. If you are aware of specific process of receiving a scholarship, you may be rewarded for you hard work (Please refer to our scholarship article).

Essentially, what needs to take place for a player to receive a football scholarship can be boiled down into three criteria. You need to be talented, you need exposure (and you need to put that exposure to good use by making a good impression on coaches), and you need to be lucky.

Note: For help gaining exposure refer to our Student Athlete profile article.

Remember, college coaches have the options and the flexibility to divide scholarships among the majority of players, or, may grant larger scholarships to attract better talent.

The Scholarship Break Down:
-There are 236 DI, 156 DII, and 235 DIII programs in the country.

-The NCAA allows each DI football program 85 scholarships {I-A} and 63 scholarships {I-AA}.

-DII schools are allotted 36 scholarships