How to Use football scholarship in a Sentence

football scholarship

noun
  • Derek, tall and buff, had arrived at MSU from Atlanta on a football scholarship.
    Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Carly went to foster care and Spencer moved in with his grandparents and, later, his half-brother Cody, who helped get him through high school and to college on a football scholarship.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 13 July 2023
  • The football scholarship that had taken him from his hometown of Savannah to Kentucky State College ran out of funding.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Although Forest went to college on a football scholarship, an injury led him to abandon sports and pursue singing and acting.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The family always talked about Elmer’s amazing football scholarship that got him through college, Shuff said.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Mangini, who will play linebacker on a football scholarship at the Naval Academy next year, was decisive on the run and sliced through the big Army-Navy defensive front on crucial plays.
    Richard J, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • His brother went to Oklahoma on a football scholarship.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The high school senior, who was set to attend Jacksonville State on a football scholarship, was shot along with multiple other teens and his mother, who sustained two gunshot wounds, per thenewspaper.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Dowdell planned to attend Jacksonville State University on a football scholarship.
    Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In 1983, Scott graduated from Stall and went to Presbyterian College on a football scholarship.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Ray studied drafting in high school and attended Western Washington University on a football scholarship.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 July 2023
  • The football program agreed to a bowl ban in 2020, and reduced its football scholarship totals by eight over a two-year period and also restricted recruiting visits, evaluations and communication.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 June 2023
  • Ray attended West Washington University on a football scholarship.
    Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023

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