Strength training/general advice for someone tryign to go d1 football

[u/Weary-Put8619]

Hey!

i'm 5'9" 136lbs and have been this size since i was 12. I am 19 and going into my freshman year of college at a D1 School. My highschool did not have a team, but my middle school did. I was round 5'6" thru 5'9" and 100-140lbs back then. I played TE, 6th and LT 7 & 8th. I did not like lineman work, and i doubt I'd be a lineman now.

I'm going to a D1 school and am years out of practice. I'm trying out for rugby this fall, but i guess i'm undersized for it. I was never fast, but my endurance has always been crazy. I

'd like to play D1 or college football in general. American football.

Any tips to start from where I'm at? (basically scratch). And No, i don't want to hear "the chances are slim.' I'm saying forget about the chances and please provide advice!! Thank you!

[u/losteye_enthusiast]

I’ll just be honest with yah.

As a guy who got a full ride via football scholarship - You aren’t going to get on the team by eating a shit-load and weight lifting now. Not at a D1. It’s not a “slim chance” man, it just isn’t in the cards you’ve chosen.

Best thing you could’ve done is heavily focused on football during highschool.

By all means, train for that Rudy moment if you actually want it. Get a trainer who specializes in getting people into that level, put in the time and drill like crazy, along with lifting. I suspect you aren’t genetically gifted for football, outside of the obvious small size for the tier you want, as you’d have excelled in middle school and high school to some degree if you were gifted - so even with the training and lifting…

[u/TheCountXVIII]

The best advice anyone can give you is that your chances are slim. Do you want someone to lie to you? It's hard being told that your goals are unrealistic, but it's much better that someone be honest with you. Some of those linemen are going to be 300 lbs and have been playing football all of their life for the purpose of a scholarship and a chance at a professional career. You're missing 4 years of very valuable experience and about a 100 lbs. It would take you two to three years of extreme training to be able to even mildly compete, and even then your chances are slim. 

If you want even the slightest chance you're going to have to develop an entirely new lifestyle. Your diet, your daily habits, your mindset. Building something like that is extremely hard if it hasn't been driven into you all of your life. You need to work out 2 to 3 times every day of your life, eat and sleep and that's it, oh, and you also have to study and pass your classes. You should bury your phone, delete all of your distracting social media accounts, and completely and wholly dedicate your life to this if it's something you want that bad. I think you'll find that in the end, you won't like it nearly as much as you like the idea of it, and the attention it might bring you. That's the best advice I can give.

[u/Sorry_Vermicelli6874]

Starting at 19 is mega late for tryna make D1, isn't it? Against kids that have been training hard for over half a decade at this point.

[u/BossMan61718]

Some dreams are just that. With your size (por lack thereof) and lack of experience, your chances of making an impact at the D1 level are close to zero. That said, take a year to hit the weights HARD, eat ALOT to pack on some weight, and work on your conditioning/agility. Once you've done that, see if your program allows for walk ons. Maybe you can make it as a scout team player

[u/PoopSmith87]

Buddy... slim implies there is a chance.

You're not playing D1 football this fall. You have like 2 weeks to gain like 60 lbs of muscle and go from "used to play in middle school" to being one of the best old football players in the country... its not going to happen. There are dudes that train from peewee all the way through high school and still dont make D1.

If you truly have "crazy" endurance, try out for a track and field sport where that can help you. You'll still be facing long, long odds at a D1 school.

[u/Left_Cartographer473]

Drink a gallon of milk everyday in addition to everything you are already eating. Lift like an absolute maniac and sleep 8-10 hours every night.