Alva Review-Courier -

The premier professional football organization in the world is the National Football League (NFL). Currently, the league consists of 32 teams with each team employing 55 players. Consequently, there are 1760 jobs available for athletes each year in the NFL.

Meanwhile, hundreds of colleges and universities field football teams, and each year thousands of college football players use up the last year of their collegiate eligibility.

Since NFL athletes can play for an unlimited number of seasons, only a few slots open up each year for rookies from the college ranks. The vast majority of college f...