No High School Football Experience, No Problem?

Steve Jones by Correspondent Written on March 13, 2008
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Recently my family and I received a new neighbor that is a college student at a small local college in our town. He said to be 20 years old but taller than me, and I'm 6'1", also he is pretty slim but athletic looking.

When I got home from work yesterday he was outside and I chatted with him for a bit and he told me that he is currently training in order to walk-on to DII school just down the road. He said that he has did not play any sports in high school but he is receiving position training from a semi-pro team in area.

I asked about his eligibility and he said he could play with the semi-pro team until tryouts. Here is the reason for the article, he told me that he was training to play the QB position...

Now my response to that is no way due to his lack of experience, however, my question is: Do you believe it is possible for him to make the team as a walk-on having never played high school football.

Also keep in mind that the team he is walking on to has not done well the past couple of years and just hired a new coach. Am I being extremely negative in my thoughts that he probably can't make it or do you believe he can with no prior high school experience?

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