High school football players are highly motivated, lean and hungry and believe they are immortal, to counter that they have very little skill at the game.
College football players are almost as motivated as High school players but have the advantage of better coaching and the opportunity to play against the best that the High schools could produce as well as more seasoned players
In Professional football it all changes. All their lives they have struggled to get to the very place that they are now, in effect a dream fulfilled. Most don't have the imagination to redefine their dream to include being the best Pro football player that there ever was. On top of that they are playing against the upper 99.99th percentile of players in the world, with superior coaching, and a whole different set of circumstances to get used to, it's enough to crush anyone's motivation for a while.
On top of all that the players are now older and finally have begun to realize that they are not immortal, the daring things done in college can end a career prematurely. Professional coaching doctrine preaches "run your lane, memorize the play" which further destroys individual initiative in the hope of limiting mistakes.
So in other words, high school has the worst players with the highest motivation
The pro leagues have the best players with the worst motivation.
At least that's my opinion...maybe you have a different one.
Peace
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