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Why is an NFL ball shaped differently from a college football?

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Any such difference is extremely subtle, and just a byproduct of the narrower tolerances the NFL, which contracts with one supplier of balls at a time, has as compared to the NCAA, NJCAA, and NAIA, which allow anybody's ball as official as long as it conforms to spec. read more

NFL balls are actually slightly larger than college balls which are the same spec as high school. It's the pros, it's gotta get harder in every aspect. read more

College football uses a darker brown football with a white stripe about 4 " from both points like the Canadian Football League uses. The NFL ball is a lighter brown with no white stripes. If you can throw or kick a college football with great accuracy, you can throw or kick a NFL ball with the same kind of accuracy. read more

Additionally, NFL players have access to gyms, other facilities, and products as most college football players do, however more resources go into this for a professional team than most college football teams. There are some differences between the rules of college and NFL football, and many of them are quite minor. read more

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