Best post of the day! Excellent job coach!
Some coaches forget to explain this clearly:View quoted post on X
FCS Football:
•63 scholarships total
•90+ players on the roster
•Average scholarship value: ~$14,000
(FCS programs do not have 90 full rides — those 63 are split across the entire team.)
Division II:
•36 scholarships total
•90+ players on the roster
•Average scholarship value: ~$6,000
(D2 schools also split scholarships. Very few players receive anything close to a full ride.)
NAIA:
•24 scholarships total
•90+ players on the roster
•Average scholarship value: ~$8,400
This is exactly why coaches tell athletes to take academics seriously.
Everybody is not getting a full ride.
Most athletes are getting partial athletic aid + academic aid + grants just to get their balance down.
So when a coach says your balance is $0, that usually means they used your academics first, then added some football money to close the gap.
