THE NFL
Draft, Multi Sport Athletes, and THE Ohio State
When the NFL
draft was over many of us looked with interest as to the athletic background of
the players drafted. USA football actually posted the results. In fact 28 of
the 31 first round draft picks played multi sports.
If you follow me on twitter @VJJStanley you will
have read my interaction with Shelley Meyer on that social media, the wife of
head coach Urban Meyer and her support for our project. She let us know about her husband’s propensity
to recruit multi sport athletes, character and quality kids.
What you may
not have known, or seen was Urban putting the plan into action along with the
rest of the NCAA Division 1 coaches to recruit multi sport athletes. In fact in
this recruiting class alone He and his staff recruited 48 players of which 42
were multi sport athletes. Why is that important? THE Ohio State University
football team set a record for players drafted in the current 7 round draft in
2004. This year Ohio State had 5 picked in the first round, 2 more in the
second round, and 3 in the third. They completed their run with 2 more in the
fourth round for a total of 12.
Congratulations
to Urban Meyer and the other NCAA Division 1 coaches for using science to help
their programs and the children. The data is now in. Multi sport athletes have
a BETTER chance for a D1 scholarship and a pro career than athletes who
specialize.
Congratulations
to these young men, and especially their PARENTS for choosing the wise, healthy
choice for their children’s future athletic pursuit.
Next week a
parent’s response and our answer to him.
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