WHAT IT’s ALL ABOUT
Joe Carter watched his World Series-winning walkoff homerun float over the Skydome fence in 1993.
The second week of September is the peak of the high school football season, with 7,246 games across the country.
From the very first practice to the last game of the season, high school football prepares players for LIFE.
Football is different than most high school sports because it offers 88 opportunities to participate in a game!
Looking back on this high school football season, what mattered most weren’t the stats, the final scores, or the wins and losses.
As another high school football season comes to an end, who players were when they stepped onto the field is not who they are when they step off of it.
Here’s a fact not many people talk about: the most talented 14-year-old football players rarely make it to the pros. Since student-athletes grow and develop at different rates, talent at a young age is never a guarantee for long-term success.
What’s one of the most accessible and affordable ways to play football?
Looking for your middle schooler to be challenged? To grow? To belong?
There’s a journey waiting for you on the football field.
Football starts as a fun game to play with friends.
Girls Flag Football is one of the fastest-growing sports in the country!
When is the best time for your student to start playing football?
If you’re thinking about playing football for the first time, you’re in good company!
Football sign-ups are coming, and the NFHS wants to remind everyone that player protection is always the number one priority.
As the 2024 high school football season comes to an end, it’s the perfect time for your student to start thinking about their future on the field.
Your community can be vast. It could span city streets, rural roads, different counties—even state lines. But on Friday night, that distance is measured in yards.
The weekend is finally here, but for your high school football team, it’s not just another Friday night.
In high school football, every student has a job to do, and regardless of how big or how small that job is, it matters.
When you get hyped for your high school football team, you show a student that football is more than just a game.
The pitch-black sky, the bright white glow—players and coaches know that there’s nothing like the Friday Night Lights.
When you’re a part of a team, you’ve got to work as a team. That means relying on each other, as well as yourself.
The white glow of sky-high lights. The pounding rhythms of the pep band. Time ticking down second by second.
When it comes to girls flag football, good sportsmanship is always the right play.
Students do their best all week long, working hard every day to shine their brightest under the Friday Night Lights.
Time to get loud and proud! National High School Colors Week is finally here!
You are not your position. You are not your stats, your scouting report or your playing time.
It doesn’t matter how far football takes you. Your high school colors are your colors for life.
They don’t call it the big game for nothing! Friday night only comes once a week, and your high school football team needs your support.
When it comes to player protection, high school football wins the game.
Why is girls flag football one of the most affordable and accessible sports in the world?
From the weight room to the classroom, high school football gives students the motivation they need to be their best—and the feeling is contagious.
Affordable, accessible and so easy to learn and play, it’s no wonder that girls flag football is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world—and we are living for it!
Everybody loves to win, but winning isn’t just about touchdowns. It’s learning to give it your all—every day in every way.
Celebrating football moms on Mother’s Day and every day!
Did you know 91% of the 2025 NFL draft picks were multi-sport athletes?
High school football teaches so much more than Xs and Os.
Why is football one of the most inclusive high school sports?
Don’t miss your chance to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15!
¡No te pierdas la oportunidad de celebrar el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana desde el 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre!
As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15, we’re reminded that there is a place for everyone on the high school football team.
La celebración del Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana desde el 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre nos recuerda que en el football americano de secundaria hay un lugar para todos y cada uno.
National High School Colors Week is still going strong!
Something exciting kicks off Monday, September 18: National High School Colors Week!
National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off September 15 through October 15!
El mes nacional de la herencia hispana es desde el 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre.
Don’t miss National High School Colors Week, September 18–24!
What’s so special about playing under the Friday night lights?
When you think about football players, what images come to mind? Thanks to flag football, barrier-breaking girls should be one of them.
There is so much to celebrate about Girls Flag Football:
Why is Girls Flag Football among the fastest-growing high school sports in America?
What sport welcomes players of every background? Provides leaders who believe in you? Offers a place to belong?
En este deporte, todos somos bienvenidos. Tiene líderes que creen en ti y te ofrecen un lugar. ¿Sabes cuál es?
Why do we love high school football? Because there’s so much to celebrate about it:
Where do you find players from many different backgrounds ALL working together towards a common goal?
In honor of National High School Colors Day, let’s celebrate high school football and the teams that made us!
No matter who you are or where you come from, one thing unites us all:
In high school football, what separates the good from the great?
Where do students learn to play with integrity? Perform at their best? Lead by example?
When high school football players look around, what do they see?
What’s one of the best things about education-based athletics like high school football?
Why is high school football considered an education-based sport?
Learning doesn’t end just because the school day is over. For high school football players, their education only continues in the weight room, at practice and under the Friday night lights.
Did you know 89% of the 2022 NFL Draft picks were multi-sport high school athletes?
Why are high school football players tough?
High school football players aren’t confident simply because they’re good at the game.
High school football strengthens players in countless ways.
Thank you for helping us celebrate National Football Sign-Up Month!
When students play high school football, they become family.
There’s no greater game to teach the power of teamwork than high school football.
What are four of the most powerful words a student can hear? “I believe in you.”
What do you find in the high school football locker room? Diversity. Inclusion. Representation. Players of every background working together as one team.
What will boost your teen’s confidence? Offer mentors who believe in them? Make them feel like they belong? High school football!
There’s nothing better than playing under the Friday night lights. That’s why high school football players spend months preparing for a handful of games: Running drills. Lifting weights. Practicing plays. And staying focused through it all.
Attention to detail is key to every part of playing high school football, from running routes and tackling techniques to watching game film and learning plays.
Did you know high school football is a total body workout? It’s true!
Every high school football player matters. Every position has a valuable role to play. Every person contributes to the team’s success. That’s because in high school football, every single play relies on every single player.
What sport has more players than any other team sport? More opportunities to play? More chances to contribute to the team’s success? High school football!
Life is unpredictable. Every day brings new challenges to tackle. But high school football provides structure. It offers stability. It creates consistency. It’s where teens thrive.
With 11 players on the field at a time, high school football is the definition of a “team sport.”
The ball is snapped. The QB hands it off. And every player on the field must make big decisions within a split second.
High school football coaches teach. They encourage. They inspire. That’s because high school football coaches are educators first.
High school football players don’t give up. They keep going.
What is a friend? It’s someone you can count on. Someone who’s lifted you up. Someone who knows who you really are.
Over the last 10 years, participation in high school football has declined by about 10%. To address this, the NFHS has partnered with the NFL to promote the lasting benefits that high school football has on students for the rest of their lives.
