2006-09-26 13:59:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
NOT technically.
It's an eligibility limit.
May not have exceeded 5 years of college play.
Now...if you don't have the physical capabilities to keep up with the young kids...you may find yourself not playing.
When I played for Cal...we had a 54 year old man on the team.
When I coached for Penn, we had a 34 year old former Minnesota Vikings player who wanted to play the last of his eligibility.
Theres also the semi-pros - alot of college players go there if they don't get picked up for pros.
2006-09-26 22:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by Warrior 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
College Football Age
2017-01-14 03:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no age limit. The only requirements are:
Have never played professionally
Are enrolled or just graduated with one year left of eligibilty
You are limited to five years, assuming one year you are red-shirted
Take for example Chris Wienke
He was drafted to play baseball right out of high-school, so he took it and played in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system for a few years. Then he quit baseball, and attended Florida State. He was the starting QB there at age 27. I'm not sure how old he was when he went to FSU, but he did play for 4 years, until he was drafted by Carolina.
2006-09-26 15:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by Chris S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it only matters if you have eligibility left. Which I believe now only applies to each sport.
So for example, if you played professional baseball but only were enrolled in school for like 3 years, you would still have 1 year of eligibility left for football or some other sport. But since you played pro baseball, you'd have none left for that.
2006-09-26 14:09:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lawn Jockey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not for division 2. In division 1 you have a clock that begins once you graduate high school. You have 10 semester...counting a red shirt year.
2006-09-26 14:04:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah once you get of highschool but you can't go from NFL to college football
2006-09-26 14:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you are enrolled at the college you can play (and that you make the team).
2006-09-26 14:10:04 · answer #7 · answered by Serious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you r still eligible you can but otherwise no.you only have 4 years that the NCAA will let you play college ball.
2016-03-18 01:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont think so....you are allowed to play 4 years...as long as you can make the team....no such thing as a ringer on college football....I THINK..
2006-09-26 15:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋