Is it possible for me to join the football team as a walk on at a top school like University of Michigan?

Question

I have never played football before put plan to train for football. I have a one year plan that will allow me to bench 350 squat 450 and throw footballs each day at targets for 1 hour and a half. Will that allow me to make a cut as a ncaa quarterback walkon?

Answer 1

You might be able to walk on, you'll just have to show the coaches. I think the best way to show them is to create a tape of yourself doing different drills and show them ultimately what you can do and how you can contribute. However, you could always transfer to a smaller school to possibly gain a starting position. Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Honestly it depends on your natural athletic ability. Many people are just naturaly born good at football without having to have played it. During tryouts you definitely must be the best player out there since Michigan recruits from all over the nation. Besides lifting weights and throwing, i suggest watching game film of some of the best college quarterbacks, such as Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, and John Elway, to learn what made them so good at the college level. Also learn how to read coverages such as Cover 2, Man, and Zone. Since you will be a quarterback, you will need to read coverages to be able to know if you should audible(change the play) or not. As this is a lot to learn in less than a year, if you do all that you will definitely have a better chance of walking on. Good Luck!!

Answer 3

Chances are you're going to have a hard time walking on as a QB at a Division I school (especially as big as the program is at Michigan) for the simple fact that being a QB isn't about just athletic ability. You have to have experience at running plays, calling audibles, and reading defenses when a huge DE is coming to eat you alive ha. An average college playbook is about the size of a 3 inch binder filled to capacity with plays you have to memorize. You have to be a smart QB to be a successful QB.

With that being said, your best bet would be to try out on a Junior College level. Get your experience there and then sent a highlight tape to a Division I school. Major college football programs take junior college transfers all the time. And a lot of the time that's where they recommend players that they're interested in who aren't as developed as they would like them to be to go to develop better skills before they move to the Division I level.

The few times I've heard of players walking on without previous experience it's often been at positions like kicker, lineman, and defensive back. Try to develop your skills all around instead of just concentrating on QB skills, that way you can try to walk on at more then just the QB position.

Answer 4

Not at Michigan or any other D-1A level school as a QB. You would have a hard time being a walk-on at a D2 school, let alone the next level of D-1AA.

The kids who are starters at D2 schools were your local HS QB on the varsity squad. The walk-on level at a school like Michigan would be one of the better QBs in your HS conference.

If you want to play football, try another position. Keep in mind to play college football you have to be big, strong and fast. If you dont have the speed going to be very hard to do.

One last thing, these kids really beat the snot out of each other. Keep tha tin mind.

Answer 5

Absolutly not...you must be out of your damn mind. There is no way you can walk on as a QB at Michigan if you've never played...you couldn't walk on to Appalachian State if you've never played. No amount of weight lifting or playing catch will give you the experience of four years of football. If you can lift that much you could definately walk on....as something other than a QB, maybe a LB or a DE. But stick to Madden for your QB dreams.

Answer 6

Easy answer, sure. With alot of God given talent and even more luck, sure you could. Is it likely? No. When trying to walk on or even try out for a professional team, the competition is severe. By never playing football before, your already at a disadvantage. I point to Brock Lesnar. For those of you who haven't heard the name before, Lesnar was a acclaimed amateur wrestler from the University of Minnesota, who finished his amateur career as a four time all-American, two time big-ten Champion and the 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion with a record of 106-5 overall in four years of college. After the successful end to his college career, Lesnar was offered tryouts in the NFL as well as being trained for the Olympics, but was more convinced by Vince McMahon and the WWF. Laugh all you want at the notion of wrestling, but Lesnar was an animal. Standing 6 foot 2 inches and weighing in at 285 pounds and lightening quick, Lesnar tore through everyone, however quickly became burned out over the travel associated with wrestling. Lesnar then tried out for the Vikings and made a few Sportscenter highlights. The Vikings eventually made Lesnar their final cut in 2004. Lesnar has yet to make it and odds are, never will. Can you make it? Sure, but the odds are against you and picking the quarterback spot will lessen those odds even more.

Answer 7

The young Lady above me said it all Michigan recruit top players,
You'll be up against some of the best young QB's in the nation. You'ld be better Learning the art of kicking or punting, Any other position require a certain amount of Knowledge and understandining. ps. Key word anything is possible. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

almost certainly not. a lot of quarterbacks aren't really that outstanding in terms of strength or physical ability, but what makes them good is they understand the game and can run their offense. no national powerhouse is going to take you seriously unless they see you play. a walk-on at a place like michigan had scholarship offers from other D-1A schools, but chose to take their chances on making a better team. given the sheer number of high school football quarterbacks, there is no reason for any school to take someone with no playing history, regardless of their physical ability. in order to have a shot at being taken seriously anywhere, you need to play and play well. your best bet would be to take a look at a D-3 school first, and see what they tell you

Answer 9

You are kidding yourself. You've never played football before, ever, and you plan to walk on and make the team at one of the top division 1 schools in the country? Forget it. With that plan you wouldn't even have any hope of making a division 3 college team.

Answer 10

To be honest probaly not. Michigan recruits top players from all over the country so a walk-on Qb who never played a game before might not be their first choice