A nose tackle needs to be stronger and play with better leverage, while the ideal defensive tackle prospect has some of those same characteristics but is more well-rounded as an every-down player. 3.

You could see the difference.” Across college football, there’s a major shift occurring over how to tackle, largely in an effort to make the game safer.

Every year about this time, Inside Texas asks Steve Sarkisian an important question: how’s tackling going? [Sign up for Inside Texas TODAY and get the BEST Longhorns coverage!] The name of the game is ...

In football, you get knocked down … and you’ve got to get back up and you’ve got to face it the next play.” If his grandchildren want to play the game, Locksley said, he will support them.

Other positions on the football field take hit after hit in all different forms. Players regularly take bone jarring hits that knock off helmets and dislocate limbs with no penalty. However, if a ...

But youth tackle leagues remain popular in many parts of the country. Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork, maybe attract a college scholarship.

Moreover, if you are banking on your kid making the NFL, keep in mind that only 6.9% of high school football players play college football and only 1.6% of NCAA players make it to a major ...

But youth tackle leagues remain popular in many parts of the country. Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork, maybe attract a college scholarship.