Expert: Thom Brooks - 7/11/2008

Question
I live in Greenville,South Carolina i'm 5'7 175 lbs 4.63 Fourty i had problems in high school so i got my GED. Are there any colleges that except kids with GEDs to play football?

Answer
Richard, hello!

You will need to complete your Core Courses and then can be admitted into many colleges.  You can also enrol in Junior Colleges (with football programs).  Talk to the schools of your choice and they will give you the minimum requirements for College entrance, plus the NCAA minimum grades you have to maintain in order to stay on the team.

If you get your studies completed, some team out there would be honored to have you suit up for them.  You have the speed and this effort would be known by the team you seek to join.

You're in the hometown of Shoeless Joe Jackson, who played at Grayson Stadium here in Savannah, where the men's baseball team I coach sometimes playe.  Say hello to ol' Joe!

Take care,

Thom Brooks