What percentage of NFL players are on performance enhancing drugs?

Question

Everyone likes to focus on baseball and guys like Barry Bonds. But Barry's body is more the exception rather than the rule in baseball. When you comepare the physiques of the average baseball player vs football player and it's night and day. NFL players are much bigger. Running backs & linebackers in particular are ripped.

Answer 1

Honestly i would say more than 75% its sad to say but many athletes do take some type of enhancement rather it be legal or not to use in their sport. Cause every athlete has to perform the best possible so they dont lose their job and i think many of them know this and proceed with using them, some do it willingly to become better and others do it in fear of losing their edge on other competitors.

Answer 2

Most pro athletes are on some kind of performance enhancing diet, supplements, etc. How many are on an ILLEGAL substance? I'd say probably in the 20 to 30% range. You can't really compare the physical attributes of say a Barry Bonds with an NFL running back. The workout, diet, and strength programs an NFL player is on are much more geared toward building dense muscle, something that would not necessarily be an advantage for a baseball player.

Answer 3

I think it's a small percentage. These guys work out a constanly . They are on Strict Diets and take all kinds of dietary supplements.
They work hard to get into the kind of shape there in. Sure there are some guys that cheat by taking steroids but I don't think it's fair to say 80 or 90% of them are on steroids just beacuse a few of them teast positive.

Answer 4

Clearly too many. According to my sources, this week's bust in Fla. was only the beginning, and that at least 50 names of current or recently former NFL players are on that list. Guess none of these guys saw Photos of Lyle Alzado or Tony Mandrich before they died...I guess 195 Lb tailbacks are supposed to bench 400 now.....

Answer 5

I would say about 60%. When you see guys coming out of college and hear about them adding on 20-30 pounds in the off-season it's ridiculous. No one adds that much weight by working out and eating right. Also, like you said, look at their physiques. They have the broad shoulders, hulking traps, and skinny legs, which are very symptomatic of steroid usage. When these guys start having heart attacks, liver and kidney failure, and bad backs and knees, we will know more.

Answer 6

I'd have to say that about 90 or 70 percent of pro-football players do. i say 90 because you are right they a much bigger and much faster but then agen you have to think about how much those guys work out and stuff. but even the rookie of the year last year was cough so you'll never know i guess. but t answer you question about 85%

Answer 7

Man, about 90% use ssteroids! Haven't you seen those MF's there flat out huge they look like animals, have you seen those linebackers they ARE huge! They use them to be bigger because they have to be to hold those hits, and if there not there f*@#% because they get killed with a hit from those animals.

Answer 8

you people have to have some faith i'd say about 30% of player do and the other 70% don't know anything about it. most nfl players don't talk about it or just don't do it.

Answer 9

2/3 of them.

Answer 10

maybe it may be legal drugs suscribed from the doctor in that case maybe 95% but illeagally maybe 50%