Apart from baseball, the possibilities of transitioning from a collegiate athlete to a professional athlete are only 2%. In football, the rule of thumb is that only one high school player out of every 100 plays in division one. And at least one Division One player will play professionally out of every 100. In basketball, the ratio is similar. There are about one college player for every 50 who plays in the NBA.
In baseball, by far the most likely way for someone to make it as a pro is through minor league ball. Of the 10,000 players who appear in minor league games each year, about 300 make it to the major leagues. That's about 3%.
In addition to minor league baseball, there are two other ways to become a professional baseball player: retirement or relocation. In some cases, former major league players can be hired as coaches or managers in the minors; however, there are far more opportunities in overseas baseball. From Korea to Mexico, many major leaguers find work with foreign teams.
There are less likely paths to becoming a professional athlete as well. For example, you could be the best golfer in the world without ever having played golf. The same is true for athletes in other sports. A mathematician might discover how to beat the odds and win the lottery, but it would still be unlikely.
There are 1,093,234 high school football players in the United States, with 6.5 percent (or 71,060) going on to play in college. The drop-off from college to pro is even more dramatic: just 1.2 percent of collegiate players are drafted into the NFL. That's only about 150 players per year.
The chances of an average high school player making it in the NFL are about one in 10,000. The chances of a typical rookie coming out of college being selected is about one in 50.
In other words, you have a one in 10,000 chance of getting picked up as a free agent and making it to the NFL. A one in 50,000 chance of being drafted by a team and making it through training camp.
That's not very good! However, there are about 600 jobs available in the NFL, so it's possible if you make it through training camp you might be able to find a place on an NFL roster.
The odds are against you but there are opportunities for high school athletes to make it into the NFL. It just doesn't happen very often.
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Basketball and football, the two most recognizable high school and college sports, have a very low percentage of players who play in high school and then go on to play professionally. In men's basketball, for example, there is a.03 percent probability of making it to the pros.
While the chances of a high school football player are slim, they are more than twice those of both men's and women's basketball players. Just over 7% of the over 1,000,000 high school football players will go on to play in college.
Odds of a US High School Male Athlete Playing College: A little more than 7% of high school athletes (approximately 1 in 13) go on to play varsity sports in college, and less than 2% (1 in 57) go on to play at NCAA Division I colleges. The odds of an athlete playing college sports are significantly less than that; the chance that any one student athlete will play for a major university is about as great as his or her chances of becoming a professional basketball player.
The numbers are similar for females. Out of every 100 male high school athletes, seven will play college sports while two will play at the highest level of college basketball. Among female athletes, however, only one in 25 plays at a higher level than high school volleyball. The remaining 24 women probably could have played college volleyball, but only two or three make it past the high school level.
The odds against your child playing college sports are very long, especially if they're a girl. But not everyone who plays college sports makes it big. In fact, according to data from NCAAM's Center for Mental Health in Sports, nearly half of all collegiate athletes experience some form of mental illness during their career--with depression being the most common problem among them.
While there are many factors that can affect how likely it is for a young person to play college sports, age is one factor that doesn't seem to matter much.
There are around 120 Division 1 teams, each with approximately 20 seniors, for a total of 2400 probable draftees. So the chances of a collegiate athlete making it to the NFL are roughly 6%. Originally Answered: What are the chances that a collegiate football player will make it to the NFL?
It depends on how long you want to make the question interesting. There are about 1200 Division 1 football players, so the odds of someone from that program getting drafted are about 6% (or 720 people). The odds increase if you include lower-division players and those who don't play defense. The real answer is also affected by which colleges you include and how you define "make it to the NFL." For example, only 2% of Division 1 athletes ever get selected in the first round of the NFL draft. However, if you include all players who sign with NFL teams as exclusive agents, then the rate increases to about 12%.
Here's another way to look at it: Out of every 2000 athletes who enter the NCAA football system, only six will go on to play in the league. That means that you would have to try out more than 600 candidates to find one who gets picked in the draft.
The odds are actually better than that. According to sources, there are currently about 7500 players in the NCAA system, so the chance of anyone from that group being chosen in the draft is about 4%.
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