football scholarship
noun
: an amount of money that is given by a school to a student to help pay for the student's education in order for the student to play football for the school
attending college on a football scholarship
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Utu is 6-foot-4 and 320 pounds and is on his way to Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship.
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
While Dennis Hernandez had been a local star athlete who peaked with a football scholarship to the University of Connecticut, Aaron Hernandez became one of the country’s top recruits at Bristol Central High School in Connecticut from 2003 to 2007.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Jackson received a football scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Willy has been in decline since losing the respect of his eldest son Biff, a once-promising high-school football star who fails his math requirement, loses his football scholarship, and discovers his father having an affair on the road.
—Soraya Nadia McDonald, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
While Dennis Hernandez had been a local star athlete who peaked with a football scholarship to the University of Connecticut, Aaron Hernandez became one of the country’s top recruits at Bristol Central High School in Connecticut from 2003 to 2007.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
Jackson received a football scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Willy has been in decline since losing the respect of his eldest son Biff, a once-promising high-school football star who fails his math requirement, loses his football scholarship, and discovers his father having an affair on the road.
—Soraya Nadia McDonald, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Football scholarship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/football%20scholarship. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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