One of the many challenges first-year players face when making the transition from college to the pros is not only the grind itself, but the length of it. After playing no more than 12 games in the regular season with a maximum of 14 if they make it all the way to the national championship game, most rookies will be playing deep into December and hopefully January for the very first time in their lives.
The proverbial ‘rookie wall’ can be described as period or point in the mid-to-late portion of the regular season of a first year pro where their body begins to break down, their play starts to regress, or a combination of the two.