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Football to Wrestling

Football to Wrestling. Let The Pros Tell You. Influence of Wrestling in the NFL. 10 Hall of Fame Football Players. 43 Multiple Pro-Bowlers. 60 Individual State Championships. 13 NCAA Wrestling Championships. 3 Heisman Trophy Winners Wrestled. 14 1st Round Draft Picks Wrestled.

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Football to Wrestling

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  1. Football to Wrestling Let The Pros Tell You

  2. Influence of Wrestling in the NFL • 10 Hall of Fame Football Players • 43 Multiple Pro-Bowlers • 60 Individual State Championships • 13 NCAA Wrestling Championships • 3 Heisman Trophy Winners Wrestled • 14 1st Round Draft Picks Wrestled • 23 RB’s / 20 LB’s / 2 QB’s / 66 Lineman / 6 DB’s / 1 K / 54 NP

  3. The Coaches Perspective "In Texas, everyone knows that high school football is king," Denney said. "I’m telling you, though, Texas is catching up in wrestling. And a lot of the football coaches are realizing how much wrestling can help their football team. And believe me, that’s the truth. I know it firsthand. You have to remember when I started out I was a football coach in high school, and I would go to the wrestling team and get everyone that could to sign up for my football team." - By Wade Baker,The McAllen Monitor MCAllen, Texas. “I draft wrestlers because they are tough, I have never had a problem with a wrestler.” - Joe Gibbs, Hall of fame Football Coach "I would have all of my Offensive Lineman wrestle if I could.“ - John Madden, Hall of Fame Football Coach

  4. The Coaches Perspective “I love wrestlers, they are tough and they make great football players.” Mike Stoops, National Championship Football Coach - University of Oklahoma. “Wrestlers make coaching football easy, they have balance, coordination, and as a coaching staff we know they’re tough.” Tom Osborne - College Hall of Fame Football Coach - University of Nebraska

  5. Pros With Wrestling Background • Ray Lewis - The Football Player • Seven-time Pro Bowler • 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year • Super Bowl XXXV MVP • Arguably the greatest LB and 1 of the best players in NFL history. • Ray Lewis- The Wrestler • Florida native • Florida State 4A Wrestling Champion - 189 lb. weight class • Credits wrestling as the training ground for his prolific football career. • Stephan Neal - The Football Player • 28 years old, was originally • Signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent on July 23, 2001. • The 6-foot-4-inch, 305-pound offensive lineman has played in 34 career games with 31 starts. • Recorded the longest current consecutive starts streak on the Patriots offensive line. • Stephan Neal - The Wrestler • San Diego native • Did not play football in college and instead was a championship wrestler at Cal State-Bakersfield. • He compiled a 156-10 record and won two NCAA Division I titles. • In 1999, Neal won the Dan Hodge Award - known as the Heisman Trophy of wrestling - following a year in which he won the U.S. Freestyle Championship, the Pan-American Games title and the World Championships. • Defeated Brock Lesner – UFC heavy weight Champion in the 199 NCAA wrestling finals 3-2

  6. Just A Few More Names

  7. Hall Of Famers Who Wrestled Ronnie Lott Larry Czonka Jim Thorpe Chuck Noll

  8. Multiple Pro-Bowlers Who Wrestled Teddy Bruschi - LBRicky Williams - RB Bo Jackson - RBChad Hennings - LB

  9. Chad Hennings interview about wrestling Defensive lineman for the three-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys team says wrestling experience is critical to success on the gridiron.“I started wrestling in 3rd grade,” said Chad Hennings.Hennings won the Iowa state high-school wrestling championship in the heavyweight division his senior year, prior to his recruitment by the Air Force varsity football team. “College football coaches look for well-roundedness in recruits,” said Hennings.Wrestlers have to be explosive and tactically-minded. These attributes can only be beneficial for a football player in his off-season, Hennings said.“As a 270 lb. defensive lineman, I had to use leverage and hand skills to move 340 lb. offensive linemen,” Hennings said about the skills he gained from his years of wrestling experience. “I also used these skills as a pass-rusher,” continued Hennings.Hennings reiterated that the explosive ability is invaluable on the football field in any position.Hennings said he “would love for his 12 year old son to wrestle.”

  10. Crossover Skills: • Many of the positions and skills are absolutely transferable between both sports • Some of those skills include but are not limited to footwork, hand-eye coordination, mental toughness, explosive movements, and balance • Learning the ability too beat the man in front of you can not be ignored.

  11. Crossover Skills: Tackling

  12. Crossover Skills: Intensity

  13. Crossover Skills: Position

  14. Athletic stance • Intensity • Agility • Balance • Strength • Explosiveness • Speed • Toughness Crossover Skills:

  15. A Look at The Numbers • 32 Professional Football Teams • 65 Man Rosters • 2080 Professional Football Players • 185 Wrestlers in the NFL • 11.24% of the NFL has a wrestling background • 5% of the Hall of Fame inductee’s

  16. The Link Cannot Be Dismissed • The relationship between wrestling and football is real. • There are too many legends in both sports who have proved it. • Hall of fame football coaches and players espouse the benefits of wrestling for football players. • Wrestling can make every football player a better!!!

  17. Improve your FOOTBALL Skills! during the off season Make the right call… Join the Wrestling Team… Skills, Drills and Techniques Texas USA Wrestling Argyle Kids Wrestling argylekidswrestling@verizon.net

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