{"id":1061367,"date":"2019-11-06T18:26:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T23:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1061367"},"modified":"2019-11-06T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T23:26:46","slug":"these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are the Most Popular Majors for College Football Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The most understated part of the college football experience is the actual college aspect. While NCAA athletes may have a reputation for not attending class, many pursue majors of sincere interest. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-surprising-college-majors-of-von-miller-and-8-other-famous-athletes\/\">explore fields<\/a> connected to business and athletics, while others study the arts and humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bleacher Report <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2658255-most-popular-academic-majors-for-2016-power-5-conference-football-players#slide1\">compiled<\/a> the most popular majors among college football players. Collected from 14 ACC schools as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/college-football-quarterbacks-shine-2019\/\">Notre Dame<\/a>, this research looked at hundreds of students and shows trends toward certain majors. It's a fascinating look into what these student-athletes do when they aren't competing on Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Management and sports management may deal with two different things. But for schools that don't have a sports management program, this major can help football players prepare for the business side of sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most players won't represent themselves, an understanding of management can help them learn what they may get into in the NFL.\u00a0An interesting note: Bleacher Report <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2658255-most-popular-academic-majors-for-2016-power-5-conference-football-players#slide1\">found<\/a> that some of the most popular majors varied by school. For instance, Boston College football players were prone to study management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Finance <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Seahawks<\/a> end Patrick Kerney helps host 2nd &quot;personal finance camp&quot; for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> players. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3tPmyseWJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/S3tPmyseWJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BLAw5SEAso\">pic.twitter.com\/BLAw5SEAso<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Geoff Baker (@GeoffBakerTIMES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeoffBakerTIMES\/status\/716850126552064000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/financialcareeroptions.com\/financial-career-options-college-athletes\/\">Finance<\/a> can help college football players who are considering an NFL career understand exactly what it means to be financially responsible. For college athletes who won't make it to the pros, a finance major can do great things in real-world settings, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Exercise science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfuture.collegeboard.org\/majors\/parks-recreation-fitness-exercise-science\">practical majors<\/a> an athlete can have, especially if they're big on the fitness aspect of being an athlete. Exercise science can teach them how bodies work and help college football players understand exactly what's happening when they're on the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Sport Management\/sport administration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside Sports Management\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3g6a8NwNrxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeamerica.org\/career\/fields\/sport-management.aspx\">This major<\/a> can help football players who don't necessarily plan on pursuing an NFL career get into the business side of sports. Athletes can learn the work of an agent and ensure they're properly represented.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Business management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">32 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nfl<\/a> Players To Participate In Business Management &amp; Entrepreneurial Program April 6-9 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UZfuciWaZP\">http:\/\/t.co\/UZfuciWaZP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NFL345 (@NFL345) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL345\/status\/583673932932390914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegechoice.net\/faq\/what-is-business-management\/\">Business and management<\/a> degrees combine two majors on this list and is an ideal situation for students who want to break into the private sector or start their own company regardless of where athletics takes them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Sociology\/social sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a modern generation of athletes become increasingly socially-conscious, it makes sense that more of them are pursuing majors that can help improve the world.\u00a0Bleacher Report notes that Florida State football players gravitated to social science majors more than other colleges' athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron James owns part of Liverpool FC, a team worth $2 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1zjeNIBiSm\">pic.twitter.com\/1zjeNIBiSm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BusinessInsider\/status\/1191385615780200448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many athletes are looking into their brand outside of sports. Although LeBron James did not attend college, he is currently the poster child for the businessman\/athlete, and younger athletes are taking notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Exploratory\/general studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who only plan on spending a year or two at school may <a href=\"https:\/\/vt.edu\/academics\/majors\/university-studies-undecided.html\">never need to declare a major<\/a>. For one-and-done athletes, all they need is a general education or an undeclared major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Communication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN&#39;s NFL draft reporters Erin Andrews and  Jenn Brown BOTH attended the University of Florida aka the Syracuse of the South.<\/p>&mdash; Ben Maller (@benmaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benmaller\/status\/12678329686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2010<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This media-centric degree can help athletes open doors as sports broadcasters, public relations people, and television personalities. Many people in sports media were athletes in college who chose this path, and many of the most well-known are testaments to this path.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Arts and sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Arts and sciences, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalstudent.com\/study-liberal-arts\/\">liberal arts<\/a>, can mean a lot of things. It can be for those who try their hand at writing, anthropology, or literature. Because of this, it makes sense that many college football players gravitate toward these fields.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While college football players may have a reputation for not attending class, many pursue majors of sincere interest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":1061426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4874],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>These Are the Most Popular Majors for College Football Players - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While college football players may have a reputation for not attending class, many pursue majors of sincere interest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"These Are the Most Popular Majors for College Football Players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While college football players may have a reputation for not attending class, many pursue majors of sincere interest.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-06T23:26:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tua-Tagovailoa-Alabama-Crimson-Tide.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bradley Geiser\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bradley Geiser\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/\",\"name\":\"These Are the Most Popular Majors for College Football Players - Sports7\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tua-Tagovailoa-Alabama-Crimson-Tide.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-06T23:26:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-06T23:26:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/94321ed180c4367a6efeeb708bdbf699\"},\"description\":\"While college football players may have a reputation for not attending class, many pursue majors of sincere interest.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/these-are-the-most-popular-majors-for-college-football-players\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tua-Tagovailoa-Alabama-Crimson-Tide.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tua-Tagovailoa-Alabama-Crimson-Tide.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":688,\"caption\":\"Tua Tagovailoa of the Alabama Crimson Tide | Kevin C. 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