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Can I play free safety in college D1, D2, D3?
I play free safety for my schools varsity team. Im going into my senior year and i want to play football in college. I started my junior season and did ok considering it was my first time playing free safety. I have started on special teams ever since the first game of my freshman year. I was usually a linebacker until my coach saw me more useful as a safety. Im about 5'10 maybe 5'11 and weight about 155. I run about a 4.8-4.9 40 yard dash. I haven't lifted all that much this offseason but I am this summer and spring. I play hard and play with heart. I wan a play college football but everyone around me just laughs at me saying that I'm not good enough and i have not shot and be realistic. I wanted to try and walk on to a D1 team like a Boston College or USF but I would also consider playing for a D3 team. Can I play free safety in college with this kind of build? Also how much should i be able to bench/lift and how fast should my 40 be? I really want to play so any good advise will be great. thanks guys
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- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
You should talk this over with your coach.. He would be able to tell you whether or not you could play college ball... With the experience you have I would think your chances would be pretty slim, especially since you don't do a whole lot during the off season... If you want to play at the next level you'll have to put a lot more into it than you are doing now.... Good luck....
- Anonymous5 years ago
I highly encourage you to try out, and become a walk-on, for your local college football program next season. Personally, I do not believe that you need to get bigger for football. Based on your height and weight, I believe that you will make a very good fit at strong safety. You have the ideal size for a strong safety in college football. My best advice for you is to work hard and perform very well in practice every day. In addition, what you need to do this (and every) offseason is eat healthy, exercise by doing weight lifting, and either jogging or going for a long run every day. If you do these things, you will get faster, stronger, and into better shape, which will greatly improve your chances of becoming a successful, top notch strong safety in college football.
- Anonymous7 years ago
I would say, squats with a barbell would really help you. If you use, like a 140 pound barbell and do squats with it would help you. It will workout your thighs. This will help you get faster, by increasing thigh muscle and getting you used to more weight on your legs so when you run regularly it will feel like nothing. This will also allow you to gain muscle and weight. For your regular bench you should try and get up to around the 150-160 range. At your size i would say you should try and get your 40 time down to around 4.5-4.6. You should also work on your coverage skills so if a college says no to you at safety, you can say i can play cornerback also, so its not over.
Source(s): I'm a Defensive Back too. - 7 years ago
I think that's an ok build, but I think your more of a running back, by you could stilL be a safety if you can jump high anything is possible
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- Anonymous7 years ago
Hey man just work hard and you willl make it as far as you want and don't listen to Reynaldo Weeks
