Those who've played American football...what position?

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  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    Kickoff and punt returner. I was 5'8" 145 lbs. Way too small to play anywhere else. Didn't experience my growth spurt until college.
  • Shan790
    Shan790 Posts: 280 Member
    I currently help coach my 11 year olds team. Girls were not allowed to play in my high school. So now I take it out on kids by beaning them with tackle dummies.
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    Fullback, Safety, DE in High School, Fullback / Halfback in college.

    Now I'm defensive coach for a 4-6 graders team....
  • teresamwhite
    teresamwhite Posts: 947 Member
    I currently help coach my 11 year olds team. Girls were not allowed to play in my high school. So now I take it out on kids by beaning them with tackle dummies.

    LOL

    I started playing soccer at the age of 5...when I got into high school, I had never played football. I was on the field watching the boys and wondered if I could kick the ball through the goal posts and after a few tries I managed it. The coach had been watching and had me move the ball further back to see what my range was and told me I needed to tryout. I played all four years of high school (three different schools...Kansas, Louisiana and California) and loved it. I got to play receiver during practices and a few scrimmages, and then got to play in a few actual games my senior year. I got razzed in the beginning of each season at a new school, but it usually died down after a few weeks.
  • HealthWoke0ish
    HealthWoke0ish Posts: 2,078 Member
    Fullback and Linebacker in Hawaii, Offensive Guard (Left) and D Tackle after moving to Utah while occasionally playing FB and LB in short yardage/goal line situations.
  • BigDaddyRonnie
    BigDaddyRonnie Posts: 506 Member
    Just curious. I played G, T, MLB, FB, OLB, DE, DT, K and P at one time or another.

    There aren't many positions left (16 possibilities listed right there)...you could have been the 1 man team!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Kickoff and punt returner. I was 5'8" 145 lbs. Way too small to play anywhere else. Didn't experience my growth spurt until college.

    I got cut from my University team, though I was only 5'6" about 150lbs, which is still more than I weigh now. In senior ball I was the smallest guy in the league.
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  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    edited June 2021
    My younger years I played QB, TE, H-back, MLB, DE, SS, K

    I played professionally as a TE.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    edited June 2021
    WR and Kicker. 3rd or 4th string all the time cause I was so small.

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Offensive Left Tackle / Defensive Line / Linebacker

    I wish I was still playing yet today.


    (I think I could. I have fresh legs)
  • mikerommfp
    mikerommfp Posts: 77 Member
    Outside Linebacker
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,713 Member
    In high school I was rail thin, and my mother was paranoid about me getting injured. Consequently any contact sports were out... football and wrestling most especially. I earned my letterman's jacket in both track and cross country, but unless you earned it for one of the "Big 3" (football, wrestling, baseball) you didn't wear it in school.

    In gym class, I was mostly CB, as I could run all the WR route tree but had hands of stone, dropping even the most catchable of passes. Good trait playing defense... not so much on offense.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    CB...sometimes FS. Kick and punt return. Very occasionally WR or RB. I was a track and field sprinter and very fast, but I was also small and couldn't break tackles. I did well returning kicks and punts, but I had more open space to work with to just use my speed vs trying to get through the line as a RB or getting YAC at WR.
  • Sofiapilla
    Sofiapilla Posts: 284 Member
    I’m only here to giggle about the TE named Ennis
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Shakashakara wrote: »
    I’m only here to giggle about the TE named Ennis

    We need to discuss your thoughts on a backside corner blitz.

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