Percentage of going pro

April 28, 2014

Note: The percentages you see are based on NCAA estimated data and should be considered approximations of the actual percentages. You are very fortunate to be in an elite group of student-athletes. These statistics show your estimated probability of competing in athletics beyond the high school interscholastic level.

Student-athletes Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Football Baseball Men’s Ice Hockey Men’s Soccer
High School Student-athletes 545,844 438,933 1,108,441 471,025 36,912 398,351
High School Senior Student-athletes 156,096 129,408 306,221 134,477 10,361 102,553
NCAA Student-athletes 17,500 15,708 67,887 31,264 3,944 22,573
NCAA Freshman Roster Positions 4,735 4,313 17,501 8,219 1,135 5,655
NCAA Senior Student-athletes 3,889 3,491 15,086 6,948 876 5,016
NCAA Student-athletes Drafted 48 32 255 806 11 49
Percent High School to NCAA 3.2% 3.6% 6.1% 6.6% 10.7% 5.7%
Percent NCAA to Professional 1.2% 0.9% 1.7% 11.6% 1.3% 1.0%