Player Profiles

The Players's Size

Sprint football is unique in that players must weigh 165.9 pounds on the Wednesday before each game. The players are generally between 5 feet 7 inches and 6-foot tall and weigh between150-175 pounds. However, some are in the 6-foot-3 inch range and weigh up to 215 pounds in the off-season. These "big guys" are able to get down to playing weight while maintaining strength and energy, as well as their health through the help of a team dietician and a comprehensive supervised year-round conditioning program. Most sprint football players are in the 175-pound range on game day.

The Player's Academics

The Cornell University sprint football program's long-standing commitment to excellence on the field is more than equaled in the classroom. Physically and intellectually gifted student-athletes are academically challenged and given opportunities to study in diverse areas of interest. The team GPA is in the 3.5 range and is always above that of the student body as a whole. The sprint football team has had the highest varsity team GPA on campus for the last 15 years. A point of pride is the fact that every semester a number of the players-more than four on average-achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA, and that in the past 10 years, 10 players have been selected to the prestigious Academic All-Ivy League team. Postgraduate success by players has been a hallmark of the program for over 60 years. Successes have been made in every area of our society. For example, 68 former players have or are pursuing their MD in the field of medicine. (See Cornell Sprint Alumni for more info)