Height distribution of college Football players by division: Linebacker
DI FBS
Avg: 6'1
6'2 & over: 44.9%
5'11 & less: 12.5%
DI FCS
Avg: 6'1
6'2 & over: 34.8%
5'11 & less: 18.1%
D2
Avg: 6'0
6'2 & over: 22.6%
5'11 & less: 32.5%
D3
Avg: 5'11
6'2 & over: 11.2%
5'11 & less: 54.6%
NAIA
Avg: 6'0
6'2 & over: 13.7%
5'11 & less: 49.4%
What's In This Report
76,459 Football players had both height and position data available on their team roster at the start of the 2017 season. That is 97.0% of the 78,829 total College Football players who were on start of season NCAA & NAIA rosters.