Which transition is harder to make? From HS to college or from college to pros?

Jake Delhomme once told me that college was like high school in that you find an open wide receiver and hit him with the ball no problem. The NFL was so fast and the DB's so good you had to anticipate a WR getting open before they were actually open. Said the transition from college to pro by far was harder.

From Jake

any transition to a pro sport

Football

College to NFL, Manning said the same thing about having a split second to hit a receiver because everyone is as fast as the fastest guys you had to play against

College to Pro

For instance, look at the impact basketball freshmen can make...
Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony, etc.

They went from High School to the best player at the next level.
That does not happen from College to Pro.

You don't find any 7 year veterans at the peak of their career in college.

I have a couple friends who played in the NFL, and I once asked them this question. They both responded without hesitation that the transition from college to NFL was hardest. Said that in high school you might get your arse clocked once a game. In college, once a series, in NFL every damn play.

I still think it's a flawed way of thinking. If one has the talent/skill to make it to the pro's, then of course the transition is harder. That is like asking a guy with a 33 on his ACT, "What's harder, college or med school?"

For the average high school player, high school to college would be a bigger hurdle than the average SEC player's step up from college to the NFL.

Yeah, but the stories about asking a guy who has already played in the NFL what is harder is flawed. Of course the transition is harder. Look at it this way--the backup defensive end from LSU got drafted (as did previous LSU backups--Brandon Taylor and Randall Gay). When was the last time a backup DE or DB from a high school gotten an SEC scholarship.

What are you talking/thinking about when you say transition?

Obviously the pro level of any sport is tougher than college.

That's why the Jake Delhomme post above doesn't fit here IMO.

So is transition catching up to the speed of the game or said differently how long would it take a player to play up to his physical skill level if we could compensate for fact that college players still developing.

Does transition include the chances or how often the benefits at each level of play may hurt a player from reaching success ie is being BMOC @
Bama more or less likely to derail an athlete than getting that first big pro payday like Jamarcus Russell?

This may be the finals week adderall talking but it's not as clear cut as most think IMO. Though I do side with majority and think pro.