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From Abiliene Christian to Wyoming, find out where every active NFL pro football player spent his college days.
The NFL holds its first annual draft of college players. The first player selected, Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger, chooses to pursue a career in plastics manufacturing instead of pro football and never plays a down in the NFL.
This timeline of the National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger with the American Football League (AFL).
2 Σεπ 2019 · While today’s rules are so complex that fans, players, coaches and even officials engage in existential debates about the meaning of the word “catch,” back in 1920, the fledgling league simply adopted college football’s rules as its own. Not until 1933 would the NFL chart its own course.
The NFL adopted Bert Bell's proposal to hold an annual draft of college players, to begin in 1936, with teams selecting in an inverse order of finish, May 19. The inbounds line or hashmarks were moved nearer the center of the field, 15 yards from the sidelines.
By 1960, the NFL's new competitor, the American Football League, actively recruited players from smaller predominantly black colleges that had been largely ignored by the NFL, giving those schools' black players the opportunity to play professional football. Early AFL teams averaged more blacks than did their NFL counterparts.
8 Σεπ 2024 · Here is a quick guide to some of college football's most notable firsts and historic moments, including the first game, first game shown on television, first use of instant replay, first...
