The Process – To Become

a College Football
Player
Brock Hoffman / bshoffman@vt.edu 11/30/21
Special Times:
Realism:

• High School Players:

1,093,234
• College Football Players: 6.5%
of that number
• NFL: 1.6% of the college
number
What You Will Learn:

▪ Becoming a Collegiate Football Player is:

– Hard
– Time Consuming
– Takes dedication and commitment
– Requires you to make unpopular decisions
– Require hard work both on and off the field
Reminder:
BE DIFFERENT

- Set Goals
- Watch Film
- Lift Weights / Condition your
body
- Get Rest
- Study in School
- BE DIFFERENT
Study Hard:
Lifting Weights – UPPER BODY

▪ Bench Press
▪ Incline Bench Press
▪ Decline Bench Press
▪ Rows
▪ Curls
▪ Triceps
Lifting Weights – LOWER BODY

▪ Squat
▪ Deadlift
▪ Power/Hang Clean
▪ Lunges (Forward/Reverse)
▪ Leg Curls (Quad/Hamstring)
Conditioning/Mobility
Get Rest:
Watch Film:

▪ Benefits:
– Learn your opponents strengths
and weakness
– You can start to build a game plan
for your opponent
– Build Confidence
Takeaways:

▪ Now that we’ve completed the instruction, to

yourself, what's some of your main
takeaways?
– Whatever they are write them down on a sheet of
paper and place them somewhere you wont lose it.
Use this as motivation and a reminder of your goals
and dream.
Overview

▪ Cherish High School Football and

playing with your friends
▪ Realize that college football isn’t for
everybody
▪ Set Goals that are different than the
rest
▪ Chase after greatness