High School Senior Football Players: 310,000
Percent of High School Players to the NCAA: 6.5%
Percent of High School Players to the NFL: 0.08%
Percent of NCAA players to the NFL: 1.7%
NCAA Football Players Drafted to the NFL: 254
...so out of roughly 310,000 high school football players, only 254 will be drafted into the NFL four to five years later. And out of those 254 many will be cut before the first regular season game.