The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) released the annual NCAA Academic Progress Report (APR) on June 14, which shows that student-athletes continued to perform well in the classroom despite the challenges presented by COVID-19. The overall APR rate increased by 1 point (from the last publicly reported rate in May 2020) to 984. The football APR remained steady at 964. Click here for the full report. (Press release courtesy of the NFF.)
The NCAA also highlighted that more than 20,000 student-athletes have gone back to school to earn their degrees since 2003, including 5,863 football players – the most among all NCAA Division I sports.