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What are footballs made of?

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Football fans often perpetuate the idea that footballs used to be made of pigskin, which is how they got their nickname, but it turns out this isn’t the case. In fact, “pigskins” were originally made out of animal bladders—sometimes the bladder of a pig, which is thought to be how the moniker “pigskin” came about. read more

Footballs used in recreation and in organized youth leagues, may be made of rubber or plastic materials (the high school football rulebooks still allow the inexpensive all-rubber footballs, though they are less common than leather). read more

Modern footballs used in college games and professional leagues are made of leather. Footballs still have an internal bladder, but today they're made of polyurethane or rubber. Laces hold the leather panels of the football together and provide a good grip for throwing the ball. read more

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