Which Defensive Football Position Should I Play?

What Offensive and Defensive Position should I play for tackle football?

• Im 13 5 foot 5 1/2 inches 142 pounds My 40 yard dash is 5.02 I have a pretty strong lower and upperbody strength and very strong legs and arms I play aggressive im very quick and one ...show more

• Answer:

  You asked this better than most of the kids who do so I'll give you a straight answer. With those numbers you could play almost anywhere. We haven't seen you or your team so we can't say. That's up to your coach he knows you and your team. You might be the world's second best 13 year-old tailback but if the best is on your team you'll get moved. Catching, routes, and juking don't come in to play at your level. Work on blocking and making defenders miss without juking back and forth. If you stand around trying to juke defenders in drills your coach will yell at you. Make one or two quick moves but NEVER dance with the ball. You might beat someone in a drill but in a game you'll get slaughtered because the entire defense will clonverge on you. If it helps: I was your size and about the same speed at that age and they moved me from tailback to guard for freshman ball because we had three good tailbacks but only one good guard. They moved another tailback to fullback. They next year I got moved back to tailback but they switched my defensive position from linebacker to strong safety the day of the first JV game. The number two football expert in the known universe will come along and paste some pablum telling you that you can be an ideal high school <insert one position here.> If you choose his/her/its "advice" be sure to print it out and take it to your coach.