re: Why do so many great college athletes fail in the pros?

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I addressed this below


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Some players were great because of the scheme they were in or the system, or even size may have played a factor into the greatness. Lets exclude them

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But Tebow wasn't that dominating in college simply because of the scheme, and his size is certainly not an issue. He had minor flaws that even with tons and tons of work could not be corrected. There is that little margin to compete in the NFL because the talent is so much greater than even at the highest levels of CFB.

Tebow flat out dominated college football players, and was a mediocre to failing in the NFL despite working as hard as Jerry Rice. Much of the failure in the NFL is a product of Owners and GMs getting infatuated with college stats.

Your point is really only relevant to the true flame outs like Russell and Leaf