Is this even legal in Illinois?

[ClownBaby]

The Alabama big school championship game MVP was an 8th grade QB who went 12/14 for 207 yards and 5TDs, kid already has a bunch of D1 offers.

EIGHTH GRADER Trent Seaborn Threw For 5 Touchdowns And Led His Team To A Win In The Alabama 7A State Championship Game

Is Trent Seaborn the best football player in America?This wasn't an eighth grader stepping in to play a regular season game for a school with 300 students after the two varsity quarterbacks got hurt. ...

www.barstoolsports.com

 

[godfthr53]

No it's not. I think I read they can practice though.

 

[mc140]

Sorta? If you have a K-12 School and an 8th grader plays, his clock starts and he would be out of eligibility at end of Junior year.

 

[ClownBaby]

7A is small school in Alabama

They have over 2000 kids in the school it’s the largest class.

 

[mikeywoj]

A number of states actually allow that. Eighth graders to play different sports. You sometimes see kids college bios say "in five or six years on the varsity level..." Not sure how I'd feel about it tho

 

[Bwm57]

It’s done in wrestling in some states.
Pretty crazy! 6 HS state championships.
This is Mark Hall who wrestled at Penn State after HS.
HIGH SCHOOL / PERSONAL:
Came to Penn State after completing one of the nation’s most storied high school careers...Winner of the 2016 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, became the first person to win six Minnesota State High School Championships...Concluded an amazing high school career with a 277-4 record, including 171 consecutive wins and 189 career pins...Helped guide Apple Valley High School to six-straight state championships, becoming the only wrestler ever to earn 12 combined individual and team state titles.

 

[mullin17]

I know you can do this in Kentucky, I remember a 7th grade hops phenom from Chicago moving there so he could play 6 years of Varsity Hoops