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Question: Has anyone gone pro playing semi pro football?

(Posted by: chino08 on 2010-01-13 15:29:44)

Me and my friend had an argument about if anyone has gone pro playing semi pro football. i said yea atleast one and he said no nobody will look at a semi pro football player the speed of the game is slower in semi pro.

Posted by: Goat Hugger on 2010-01-13, 15:34:51

See: Kurt Warner and Arena Football

Posted by: Daniel R on 2010-01-13, 15:35:31

Off the top of my head: Kurt Warner, Jake Delhomme, Tommy Maddox

Posted by: Dallas Cowboys Fan Forever on 2010-01-13, 15:36:48

Also, former Cardinals Pro Bowl defensive tackle Eric Swann from the 1990's. He didn't even go to college; he played semi-pro football right out of high school. en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Eric_Swann

Posted by: mongrol on 2010-01-13, 15:38:28

Wtf? that is retarded...are you retarded? answers.yahoo.com/ question/ index;_ylt= Ap8XXkjmRpKf6LIYmqs8AiDsy6IX;_ylv= 3?qid= 20100113115031AA0D6cY

Posted by: Paul in San Diego on 2010-01-13, 15:40:40

There's also a handful of players throughout NFL history who never played American football in their lives before being picked up by a team. These are mostly kickers who played Aussie rules football, soccer, or rugby. Darren Bennett was a punter with the Chargers throughout the 1990s who played Aussie rules football in Australia. They brought him in as a punter and he revolutionized a punting style where he kicks the front point of the ball first, putting a backspin on it like a chip shot in golf. It was also funny to see him listed on the Chargers' roster where it would say "College: None ". He said that the hardest part of learning how to punt a football was taking the snap. The first time he took a snap to punt a ball, he said it came in so fast and with an upward trajectory that it flew right over his hands and hit him square in the face.