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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Florida State offered him a football scholarship a few days later. —

Chad Graff, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 Jayla, a New Jersey native, played on the women’s basketball team, while Bryan attended on a football scholarship. —

Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024 Osiris, the middle child, won a football scholarship to Stanford University but had his career cut short by injuries. —

Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024 Scott Hutchinson remembers the surprise of receiving his first college football scholarship offer in a letter from Marshall as a Winter Park High School junior. —

Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for football scholarship

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