
High School Football Players in the United States

Colleges & Universities Playing Football at All Levels

Graduation Success Rate of Football Bowl Subdivision Football Student-Athletes Compared to a 66% Graduation Success Rate of General Student Body
March is Women's History Month, and we'll be celebrating the women who are impacting the game: https://www.ksat.com/sports/2021/03/01/super-bowl-marks-the-latest-event-to-see-pioneering-women-achieve-breakthroughs-in-sports/
This month is also the kick off of Pro Days. With the NFL Combine canceled, Pro Days will be the "exclusive holder...
Another weekend of FCS football!
Take a look at the upcoming match-ups, which includes the spring debut of the Big Sky Conference.
Read more via ESPN: https://www.espn.com/college-football/insider/story/_/id/30962816/fcs-college-football-weekend-preview
Fritz Pollard was the NFL's first Black coach in 1921. The Fritz Pollard Alliance was created in his honor to 'champion diversity in the NFL through education and providing its membership with resources that will help them succeed at every level of the game.'
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High school football is officially back in California, with the reigning national champs St. John Bosco opening the season versus Sierra Canyon on March 12 (via MaxPreps).
Deion Sanders kicked off his coaching debut for Jackson State Football with a 53-0 win.
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George Taliaferro was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team in 1949, though he opted to instead play for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. Taliaferro went on to play in the NFL for the New York Yanks,...
Parts of the country are experiencing extreme cold, with temperatures dropping to 13-below.
Tulsa World examines the 1967 NFL Championship, when the Green Bay Packers defeated Dallas in the same temperature. The Ice Bowl is still the coldest game on record.
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Spring football keeps rolling on. Missouri Valley Conference football kicks off this weekend, with ten of 11 teams taking to the field in an unprecedented eight-game spring season.
North Dakota State Bison football has been picked as the favorite to win by...
In a big announcement over the weekend, brothers Maurkice and Mike Pouncey announced their retirement from their decade-long NFL career.
βIβm proud of being deaf, and no matter what, I just do it.β
San Antonio Churchill's Marshall Perez, a hard-of-hearing football player, doesn't let anything stop him from showing out on the football field. With the help of communication facilitator Kara Reekie,...
βTo be able to kick off is a victory for us."
This weekend, McNeese Football opens the 2021 FCS spring season less than six months after Hurricane Laura devastated campus. (via Sports Illustrated)
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Bobby Marshall was one of the first Black men to ever play in the NFL, with a career from 1920-1924. A well-rounded athlete, Marshall also competed in baseball, track, boxing, ice hockey and wrestling.
He was posthumously inducted into the National...
March is #WomensHistoryMonth, and we'll be celebrating those who are impacting the game of football.
Did you know #SuperBowlLV is just the latest event where women have achieved breakthroughs in sports?
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Another week of @NCAA_FCS football!
Take a look at this weekend's match-ups, which includes the season debut of the @BigSkyConf.
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Fritz Pollard was the @NFL's first Black coach in 1921.
He was inducted into the @NFFNetwork Hall of Fame in 1954 and posthumously inducted into the @ProFootballHOF and @rosebowlgame Hall of Fame.
#BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/w06PrZPejo

High school football is officially back in California, with the reigning national champs St. John Bosco opening the season versus Sierra Canyon on March 12 (via @MaxPreps).
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. @DeionSanders kicked off his coaching debut for @GoJSUTigersFB with a 53-0 win.
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George Taliaferro was the first Black player to be drafted by an @NFL team in 1949, though he opted to first play in the All-America Football Conference.
He was inducted into the @NFFNetwork Hall of Fame in 1981 & is a member of the @IUHoosiers Hall of Fame.
#BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/WwIt7MFcSf

In the News
Every day, hundreds of stories are told about the good of the game. Future For Football has compiled a list of recent stories about the good that comes from the game of football.
Michigan and Northwestern Establish George Jewett Trophy
Michigan Athletics
February 25, 2021
Cancer battles bring together football players from rival West Michigan schools
M Live
February 22, 2021
Organizers hope travel flag football program can βbridge the gapβ for kids, community
The Tribune-Democrat
February 20, 2021
KTP employee dedicates life to youth football
Kokomo Perspective
February 24, 2021
Belding graduate Derek Jenks using platform as football coach to help give kids second chances, teach life lessons
The Daily News
February 25, 2021
Field Goals: NFLβs Sam Rapoport promotes women in football
Reuters
February 23, 2021