I dont know if this has already been covered, and I cant find a definitive answer on the search engines....

Why do some NFL guys say places other than where they played college football (i.e. a HS team)?

Just curious.

Because they didn't go to college. They went to the NFL before the 1 year (or whatever it is) of college rule.

But I thought you had to go to college for at least some time before entering the league.....

Now I am really confused.   :-?

I was trying to say that they skipped college before the rule was implemented. The rule isn't that old. The 1 year of college for the NBA was started after LeBron graduated I think.

Most of them just didn't graduate and don't have "warm feelings"

for the college they attended. What I find more interesting is having

so many players from nothing schools. When "discussing" college vs.

pro ball, I like to point out that every contest in the NFL is an All-Star

game!

8-)

Any South Park fans here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2q87y6tF8

;D

Most of them just didn't graduate and don't have "warm feelings"

for the college they attended. What I find more interesting is having

so many players from nothing schools. When "discussing" college vs.

pro ball, I like to point out that every contest in the NFL is an All-Star

game!

8-)

That always surprises me as well.  In fact, I think more than half of the starters last night were from non-BCS schools, and many of the others were from lower tier BCS schools.  You will notice, though, that most teams get their secondary from SEC schools.  And Ohio State.  You can almost bet that any given game will have 2 or 3 starters from Ohio State.

The NBA has the one year rule that just started.

The NFL is 3 years out of high school and its been that way for awhile now.

Some just do it to be funny, others to honor their HS.

The rule is not that they have to have played in college for three years, they just have to be out of high school for three years.

But mostly the reason is like RW said, they just didn't like their schools for various reasons. LaVar Arrington went to Penn State but he liked to use his high school for his introduction. So does Willie Parker because he was unhappy with his experience at UNC.

Good secondary come from the south east, except Troy P. Florida, Florida State, Miami, LSU.

The guy from LSU just said "Louisiana."

Either they cut off his intro too soon or he forgot to say "State University."

I thought it was funny.  ;D

The guy from LSU just said "Louisiana."

Either they cut off his intro too soon or he forgot to say "State University."

I thought it was funny. ;D

I was wondering about that.  I didn't know the particular player, so I thought he may have meant Louisiana-Lafayette/Monroe.

I know in some cases ( Antonio Gates ) the players never played college football. Gates did play basketball at Kent State but due to his size was urged to attend the combine.