[needle]

To take a position contrary to most on this board, I believe Stanford should allow its football student-athletes to begin school early and take part in spring drills. This would fit with what top athletes want the most these days out of college: an express train to the NFL.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...remaining/

This will never happen for academic/Stanford experience reasons.

Maybe, maybe not. Examples we know all too well of how other schools have benefited from early enrollment:

Slovis was a 3-star recruit, passed over by most schools but signed on by USC because, frankly, they needed the bodies. Yet, Slovis has showed out since spring camp after enrolling early, and slowly but steadily made his way up the depth chart.

https://www.12up.com/posts/usc-freshman-...dm7n0s89k0

He’s the all-time career passing leader in Hawaii High School Football history, and in three weeks, Mililani graduate Dillon Gabriel will break training camp, as the true freshman engages on a mission for immediate playing time at UCF.

The early enrollee who took part in spring training camp this past March is in an open competition for the starting quarterback position that was left void by fellow former Trojan McKenzie Milton, who suffered a knee dislocation last year.

https://www.khon2.com/sports/mililanis-d...arterback/

[needle]

To take a position contrary to most on this board, I believe Stanford should allow its football student-athletes to begin school early and take part in spring drills. This would fit with what top athletes want the most these days out of college: an express train to the NFL.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...remaining/

This will never happen for academic/Stanford experience reasons.

Maybe, maybe not. Examples we know all too well of how other schools have benefited from early enrollment:

Slovis was a 3-star recruit, passed over by most schools but signed on by USC because, frankly, they needed the bodies. Yet, Slovis has showed out since spring camp after enrolling early, and slowly but steadily made his way up the depth chart.

https://www.12up.com/posts/usc-freshman-...dm7n0s89k0

He’s the all-time career passing leader in Hawaii High School Football history, and in three weeks, Mililani graduate Dillon Gabriel will break training camp, as the true freshman engages on a mission for immediate playing time at UCF.

The early enrollee who took part in spring training camp this past March is in an open competition for the starting quarterback position that was left void by fellow former Trojan McKenzie Milton, who suffered a knee dislocation last year.

https://www.khon2.com/sports/mililanis-d...arterback/