Anyone play high school, college, semi-pro, or pro football?

[NKUSigEp]

Just curious how many other bassists play football.

[bassbully]

LOL played...yea high school...3 year letterman ,all county small college offers never went thou.

[vbsurfer3001]

Yeah, back in the stone age I played for Clemson

[Deluge Of Sound]

Nope, but I do have a funny story about semi-pro volleyballers:

Me and my friends were chilling out on the beach one day when Tom decided he wanted to play some Volleyball. So he heads up to this group, and the conversation went something like this.
"Hey, can I join in?"
"Well, you could, but then we'd have an odd number."
"Well, I have a friend, it'd be three on three."
"Actually, we've got a good group going now. We're actually semi-pro."

And they wouldn't let him play.

[casualmadness]

Few people know this about me but I actually spent 7 years in the NFL.

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by casualmadness

Few people know this about me but I actually spent 7 years in the NFL.

Oh by the way, that's Neighborhood Football League...

[stratovani]

I never played pro football, but I'm about to coach the New England Patriots to victory in Super Bowl XLII on Feb. 3. Now if you'll excuse me I have some film to watch.

"Video? What video?"

"Give up 1/2 a mil and a draft choice for that? I swear, Mr.Kraft, the Jets were simply signalling me the phone number for their local pizzeria!"

[McHack]

I played HS Football, but wasnt really big enough... 5'8" @ 135 lbs. I played WR & DB.

I didnt make varsity until I was a senior, & didnt get alot of play time... but, it was good conditioning for track, which I was MUCH better at. All sprints, 100m, 200m, & 400m Relay.

[McHack]

Originally Posted by casualmadness

Few people know this about me but I actually spent 7 years in the NFL.

Sweet! Not that I'd want you to reveal yourself, but who'd ya play for?

Reading this is embarrassing, that I even post anything at all.

[Atoz]

I did in HS. I found my old letter jacket and jerseys the other day while cleaning one of my closets. Brought back some memories.

[superbassman2000]

i played varsity HS football for 4 years. I kinda wanted to go in college, but i thought I'd focus on academics instead (bad idea! I miss football!)

[Johnny Mack]

paper football in middle school, deion sanders football for sega, and some madden football games for ps2

[Mike N]

I played HS ball. I once scored four touchdowns in a single game.

[flakeh]

Highschool senior team and varsity team.

In senior I play first string Defensive half back (corner back) and 2nd string linebacker. And I sometimes play slotback. I got 5 TD's this season.

In varsity I play first string free safety and 2nd string linebacker.

BTW I'm 5'9'' and 140lbs.
Good times.

[dangnewt]

High School - played halfback on offense and was often split out wide as a flanker; on defense was a DB. We actually could play pretty even with the big schools (our enrollment was roughly 550) my sophmore and junior year. Our senior year we had 10 guys play both ways and it would have been 11 except that we couldn't risk having our QB play defense even though he was our best athlete since our only hope was our passing game.

A couple of guys on my team played Division 3 football in college, I didn't.

[Caiaphas]

I lettered 4 years at defensive tackle for Purdue University. It was a great experience.

[morf]

I was a (not sure of the term actually, linerunner/wide receiver? the guy who catches, or runs like hell and avoids getting smacked down by dudes 3 times his size) in HS when I was in the US. Lots of fun.

[BartmanPDX]

I never played football.

I played rugby for three years in college though. Wicked fun!

[CElton]

I played for Air Force.

My son is being recruited by several D1 schools now. He is a Junior in HS.

[mwm70]

Originally Posted by Mike N

I played HS ball. I once scored four touchdowns in a single game.

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