Even if your kid is good at sports in high school, gets a scholarship, and excels in college, there's almost no way they are going to go pro.
Scott Soshnick of Bloomberg tweeted a link today to the NCAA's official estimated probabilities that athletes in six major sports become professionals.
Only one sport (baseball) had more than 2% of NCAA players go pro.
These numbers are artificially low since they only count players who go pro in the US. But either way, the chances are really, really small.
Baseball: 11.6% of college players play professionally, 0.6% of high school players do
High school players: 471,025
College players: 31,264
Draftees: 806
Source: NCAA
Football: 1.7% of college players play professionally, 0.08% of high school players do
High school players: 1,108,441
College players: 67,887
Draftees: 255
Source: NCAA
Men's ice hockey: 1.3% of college players play professionally, 0.1% of high school players do
High school players: 36,912
College players: 3,944
Draftees: 11
Source: NCAA
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