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In American and Canadian college athletics, a walk-on is someone who becomes part of a college team without being recruited or awarded an athletic scholarship.Walk-on players are generally viewed as weaker less-significant players and may not even be placed on an official depth chart or traveling team, while the scholarship players are a team's main players.
Feb. 27—Wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers skull cap and a green volleyball shirt, 27-year-old Brandon MacGregor was the improbable star of the University of Hawaii football team's walk-on tryouts.
After two years at Holy Cross and three rejections from Notre Dame, Rudy is finally admitted and attends football tryouts in the hope of making the team as a "walk-on". Assistant coach Warren warns the walk-ons that 35 scholarship players will not even make the "dress roster" of players who take the field during games.
Micah Leon watched the last day of the NFL draft at home, his phone nearby. The Miami Dolphins reached out during the final round, extending Leon an invitation to a two-day rookie minicamp that ...
Brandon Vaughn Burlsworth (September 20, 1976 – April 28, 1999) was an American football player who was an offensive lineman of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1995 to 1998. He initially joined the team as a walk-on , eventually earning a scholarship and would later become an All-American .
Glen Powell is nearly unrecognizable in Hulu's football comedy Chad Powers, which marks his return to the small screen. The half-hour comedy, which stars Powell in the lead role, is inspired by ...
Nebraska is considered the birthplace of walk-ons in college football, starting with coach Bob Devaney’s teams in the 1960s. Traditionally, Nebraska walk-ons were from small, rural towns who ...
Chrebet did get a tryout with the Baltimore Stallions of the Canadian Football League, but he was cut after one day. Chrebet's big break came when he was granted a walk-on opportunity with the NFL's New York Jets, which at the time trained at Hofstra's campus. [5] Chrebet entered training camp 11th of 11 on the Jets' wide receiver depth chart.