High School to the Pros

[Third and Long]

Watching the Jacksonville v. New England game today I have noticed something... when the players say where they played at, some of the school are high schools. I was just wondering how they were able to do that unless they went to college and are ashamed of where they went. Then again they might have done like Joe Horn... go to Jr. College/Community College and not get picked up after his second year in college. If anybody knows, will you be kind enough to let me know?

[kardplayer]

Watching the Jacksonville v. New England game today I have noticed something... when the players say where they played at, some of the school are high schools. I was just wondering how they were able to do that unless they went to college and are ashamed of where they went. Then again they might have done like Joe Horn... go to Jr. College/Community College and not get picked up after his second year in college. If anybody knows, will you be kind enough to let me know?

I saw that too, but I think most of them are just being smart a$$es.

I don't remember which guys said it, but I'm looking at the Yahoo depth chart for them - here are their starters and they all went to colleges (note the multiple I-AA guys who both, for the record, said their actual college teams).

DE -Reggie Hayward - Iowa State
DE - Paul Spicer - Saginaw Valley
CB - Rashean Mathis - Bethune Cookman
CB - Kenny Wright - Northwestern State
SS - Deke Cooper - Notre Dame
FS - Deion Grant - Tennessee
DT - Marcus Stroud - Georgia
DT - John Henderson - Tennessee
LB - Akin Ayodele - Purdue
LB - Mike Peterson - Florida
LB - Daryl Smith - Georgia Tech

[Coastal89]

Most of the guys that say their high school didn't graduate from college or went pro after their Junior year. High school is the only diploma they have.

[kardplayer]

Most of the guys that say their high school didn't graduate from college or went pro after their Junior year. High school is the only diploma they have.

Is that true? If my memory serves (we've had this discussion before on this board), I don't think that's accurate.

I thought it was when they were bitter or goofing, not because they didn't graduate.

[Third and Long]

Most of the guys that say their high school didn't graduate from college or went pro after their Junior year. High school is the only diploma they have.
That could be true. Most players don't go back and finish getting their education, do they?