04-08-2013, 12:42 PM
On the other hand, you have an Andrew Luck, TJ McDonald, Clay Matthews, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning,
I would be curious about the probability of reaching the NFL for the average high school player vs. the child of a former NFL player. It seems like a common story. Either outcome is probably very unlikely, but I wouldn't be surprised if the son of an NFL player is 10x or even 100x more likely to make it to the NFL.
According to one web poster, the overall probability is 0.03% for any high school player (http://www.massdriven.com/forums/showthr...istically)). Another site put it at closer to 0.09%
Here's hoping we'll have another (few) "son walks in father's footsteps" stories in the next few years with Sanders and Whitfield (are there others on the team?)
I would be curious about the probability of reaching the NFL for the average high school player vs. the child of a former NFL player. It seems like a common story. Either outcome is probably very unlikely, but I wouldn't be surprised if the son of an NFL player is 10x or even 100x more likely to make it to the NFL.
According to one web poster, the overall probability is 0.03% for any high school player (http://www.massdriven.com/forums/showthr...istically)). Another site put it at closer to 0.09%
Here's hoping we'll have another (few) "son walks in father's footsteps" stories in the next few years with Sanders and Whitfield (are there others on the team?)