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Have any players made it to the NFL without going to college?

Anonymous

∙ 18y ago

Updated: 9/28/2023

Yes, people can make the NFL with out playing College Football. Vince Papale who played for the American Football League. He played from 1976 through 1978. Also he was the AFL's oldest rookie at 30. During that time, he played in 41 of 44 regular season games (regular seasons being 14 games in 1976-1977 and 16 games in 1978. He later had the movie "Invincible" made after his true story.

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yes. they have to go to college for 3 years at least. No they do not have to attend college. However a player cannot play in the NFL until 3 years have elapsed since the end of their senior year in high school. Notice that there is no requirement for high school graduation either.

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∙ 12y ago

NFL players are not required to attend college. Still, it is quite difficult for a football player to gain the skills necessary to play in the NFL without playing college football. Still, a few European soccer players have been kickers in the NFL.

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∙ 15y ago

All current NFL players have attended a college. However, some players entered the NFL draft before they graduated from college.

To get into the NFL, you must first be drafted by an NFL team in the college draft. Therefore, you would have to go to college to get to the NFL.

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∙ 13y ago

Mike Anderson of the Broncos was a US Marine.

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∙ 18y ago

Good ones

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∙ 14y ago

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