Allen Iverson Playing High School Football

Not everybody knows that Iverson, actually, was a BETTER football player than he was a basketball player in High School. He was better than Mike Vick AND Aaron Brooks in High School. Had it not been for that bowling alley incident, Iverson may have ended up in the NFL. Maybe even at QB.

[@MrHav1k]

7 ints in one game!?!? Are you fucking kidding me!? lmao.

[@jaccpot]

I wouldve completely avoided his side after 3

[@crippla27]

Played against him and with him back in the day..still the greatest strong safety and QB in VA high school history..he was throwing nearly 65 yd bombs easily and could hit like Ronnie Lott and cover like a young Deion Sanders..anyone from southeast VA knows what im talking about!

[@libertyhercules8952]

Yes sir!!! I played against Marcus Vick when he played for the Boys Club and I was with Denbigh. People Sleep on the 757 area. But the 757 has talent coming out of there. Graduated with Antoine Bethea in 02. Look at him!!!! In my opinion first Ballet Hall Of Famer in 2025 I think he is eligible.

[@jakebuchsbaum3348]

@@libertyhercules8952 is the 757 like the area of like Newport News and stuff like that

[@thepac12andbig10suck]

Amazing they said he's like mike vick. Those two have so much resemblance in their respective sports. From VA, very quick and electric, had corn rows. It was just amazing seeing them play

[@picklerick2771]

If he played in the NFL like the he did in the NBA he would of had so many injuries, heart of a lion

[@bellzo5]

he would he would play hard but not stupid

[@Barachat]

He's probably one of the greatest pure athletes alive today.

[@clarencebawss]

Danmmm he lookk soo tall but in basketball he is one of the smallest

[@ChunkySeaCow]

6 foot isn't that short

[@jlaw3297]

6ft is small as hell in the NBA

[@Defx10]

clarence_bawss 6 foot is small in the NBA where other guys are 7 foot, but its a decent size for the NFL.

[@JohnDoe-td7mu]

Defx10 6 foot is below average QB in NFL. Average QB is 6'3. Plus, he was pretty skinny; 165 lbs. The smallest QB you'll find at 6'0 would at least be 210. Vick was 215, and he was considered "small". BB players got the height, FB players got the size.

[@Defx10]

John Doe If he was going to go to college as a football player, he would most certainly have put on weight to do so.

[@cobrala]

Youve never seen him with your own eyes, I knew him in VA and went to many of his games in football and Basketball, he was so good at...EVERYTHING that it left you speechless, oh remember this is the same 10 mile radius school district that produced Allen Iverson, Aaron Brooks, Mike Vick, Ronald Curry, Chris Slade, Terry Kirby, Alonzo Morning, Bruce Smith, Joe Smith(on the Cavs) Deangelo Hall, Bryan Randall, Tony Rutland. Ive remember them all and played against many of them in High School

[@dougec]

Pure Athlete. He could excelled far and beyond anyone at any sport.

[@royzlair]

I had the pleasure of seeing him play HS. He was incredible............

[@mykull666]

Roy Howell same here Roy. I'm from Portsmouth but was living in Hampton while he was going to school.

[@yeon723]

can you guys describe that speed?

[@flyparks3224]

Allen no doubt could've played in the NFL. He was 5'6 as a JV not as varsity Allen is a good 6'0 seen him many times in person and I'm 6'1. But no doubt one of the best athletes ever

[@lwmson]

I think he could have made it in the NFL as a WR or a DB, but not QB. He was too small.

[@Od2221]

To small drew brees 6'0 he plays qb or its cuz ai is black

[@lwmson]

@@Od2221 AI is listed at 6'0 but in truth he is actually about 5'10 and weighed 165 lbs. Similar to Doug Flutie -- who was also 5'10 and BTW is white - he was too small to QB in the NFL. It's rather hard to see over NFL lineman when you're that short.

[@Od2221]

@@lwmson russel wilson

[@Yoni123]

Kyler Murray is shorter

[@robertlesuer2755]

Allen Iverson, warrior 🪖, respect ❤.

[@Bannaker]

After I graduated nearby Phoebus High school in '91 all I heard about was this guy who played for Bethel High who was the best qb,cb & return man anyone had seen. Later I found out that he was pretty good at basketball too

[@HEARTpastFULL]

Vick=Iverson What's in that VA water?¿?¿?¿

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

+HEARTpastFULL shieet tell me about it. Not just sports wise haha! Pharrell/Neptunes, Timbaland, Missy, Devante Swing, and the list goes on and on lol

[@bootymuzic]

HEARTpastFULL don't forget Ronald Curry, he's from VA too

[@jayskicksnfits9372]

AQUAPHREESH193 Mr. Dalvin & DeVante are both from VA.

[@devanteashley6607]

HEARTpastFULL trey songz too.lol

[@Niggalodeon323]

@Zy'Mir Cook haha. facts! that nigga sing/dance/rap/ball better than most. shit's crazy

[@anferneewilliams1122]

Why didn't he play football at georgetown?!!!!

[@613and802]

+Anfernee Williams Because he could have gotten hurt and lost out on all that NBA money.

[@willwittman42]

Georgetown doesn't have a football team

[@pythondalova]

+Anfernee Williams Georgetown DOES have a football team.. He asked John Thompson could he do both but Big John denied him...

[@dookeystain]

who the fuck would waste time playing football at Georgetown and possibly getting hurt?

[@hineighbor]

Once you get to college, and you have a serious shot at making the pros in one sport, you focus on that sport. You don't risk injury playing two sports.

[@GeneralCarter15]

No fucking wonder why Allen Iverson is so skilled at crossing over!

[@jeterwitzki2]

he's my idol. I'm in high school and small and watching this video encourages me to play football. Thanks for everything Allen!

[@latteLarrys]

wow so football, very athlete!!

[@iSuxAtVideoGamez]

doge?

[@hurfdurfy8167]

Naglis Butkus Much picks!

[@Abstrack23]

I don't like Iverson as a person. But as an athlete he was a flat out beast! he won state championships both in basketball and football. that's amazing nigga.

[@Realone031]

How you don't like ai

[@Antbeast23]

How can u not like his personality confidence and keep it real mentality?

[@adelachaudh2416]

***** If you look at him today he is a different person and he takes responsibility for his career and how it turned out. But at the same time he was the scapegoat during his entire career. Everything he said got turned and twisted.

[@Abstrack23]

Antbeast23 Uh lets see - being way too lazy to practice to make himself and his teammates play better, his demeanor, most of his teammates saying he has a bad attitude; the bowling alley incident as well, and never owning up to it.. As stated I don't like him as a person. But as an athlete, I can't disregard he is one of the best players in nba history.

[@Antbeast23]

El Roberto Duran I think that so called bad attitude is what made him good on the court he played with his all and carried them to the finals even. He had a killer instinct and played with heart. Yea he had an ego along with it but that's what made him. They never really had evidence with that incident too and served time as a result of it.

[@razasharp20]

As good as iverson may have been at football, his impact on basketball will always be far greater than anything he could have done on the football field. he changed a generation of ballers. AI was the man. You didnt see all these guys rockin tattoos and handling the rock like they do before AI was around. Man never won a ring but he definitely changed the game

[@Yoni123]

He said he would've been a better nfl player. But he didn't get football offers because of the bowlingin alley incident

[@sckrbt]

AI is the realest. He won both Mr Footall and Mr Basketball back to back in Va. One of the greatest ballers of all-time, AND he would been a great NFL player. Like a mix between Michael Vick and Reggie Bush. Allen Iverson and Bo Jackson are probably the best professional athletes I've seen.

[@Kevinschart]

l love iverson's heart, but with all due respect, i think its a little unfair to compare a highschool player to Deion Sanders or Michael Vick.

[@nathanasper9945]

beastwork Look what he did in the game of basketball... That's how he is comparable..

[@Kevinschart]

Nathan Asper did you really just tell me to compare apples and oranges?

[@jeremiahcrespo5383]

beastwork It is very fair to compare a high school Allen Iverson to a high school Michael Vick.

[@mykull666]

Jeremiah Crespo considering they are from the same area which is also where I'm from it is more than fair to compare him to Vick. I watched them both play and Vick wasn't even close to Iverson. He could have easily played pro football. He would had to have been a CB or SR and a P/K returner. He is the best football player I had the honor to watch play. His C & S blitzes were blindingly fast. He was a better tackler than Deion and had Deion/Hester like return skills. Offense, defense and special teams he was a star. He only came off the field for FG and XP. Would have loved to see what he could have done in college. It wouldn't have surprised me at all if he won a Heisman. He was that good!

[@BellinghamJude]

+beastwork He succeeded so immensely well in his '2nd best sport'. Sure, he might have chose the right route in picking basketball for his career cause he turned out to be legendary, but that also means we will never know how great AI can be in football. I mean, he seems to have equal talent for both, but AI always said that his No. 1 love for sports is football, not basketball.

[@FutureCivilWarHero]

Ummmm 6'1 ???? Try 5'11 with shoes on buddy!!

[@jbrumundsmith]

Would Iverson have been a star in the NFL? Who knows, but he certainly could have played. It's hard to look at high school film and tell if somebody can play in the NFL (remember though that all these clips are from his JUNIOR year). But look at Iverson in the NBA. The man is a physical freak. He's unbelievably quick with world class balance. And he took a pounding in those NBA games by people just as big as those in the NFL, and got up every single time. He was an athletic MARVEL.

[@jonathanjames29]

He was an inspiration for me in high school. I also played QB and FS in Football, and I was the MVP/All State/High Scorer on the basketball team too, and I'm not a big guy. so when I learned he did all of this (NO DISREPECT), but I idolized my game after him instead of trying to be like Mike. I wanted to be like Mike. But at 6'6", I had a hard time pulling off his moves. But when AI came around, even though it was late in my high school days, I found a guy that I could play like! Love it!

[@jpearson311]

I always heard rumors that football was his first love. I wonder why he never pursued it?

[@Phil0hSoRaptor]

He was drafted #1 overall in the NBA and NFL but the NBA offered more money and he needed the money to support his family.

[@jpearson311]

+Phil OhSoRaptor did he even play football in college?

[@Phil0hSoRaptor]

Jesse Pearson Not sure Just telling you what I've heard

[@jessepearson2848]

+Phil OhSoRaptor I think you've heard wrong. Nobody gets drafted in the first round of the nba and nfl drafts. it's one or the other.

[@Phil0hSoRaptor]

Jesse Pearson smd

[@Dtrumaine]

Harvey J. Clayton Jr. 2008 Football Highlights America's Next Superstar. Amazing

[@infinitetundra]

Vick and Iverson represented the streets.

[@HellolzEveryone]

thanks bud, you changed my whole view on the world

[@eagleboy201]

watching A.I play football reminds me of Desean Jackson.

[@TheDmented01]

Bruh, I never knew da kid was that accurate with the football.

[@FroopieLoopies]

LOL!!! Good one! I was really looking for Sam!!

[@alexmyrtou]

With his quickness and agility and with a hand like this it's not hard to see him palying this game.....

[@fhgkjhgjkfhkd]

thankyou

[@Smeet9]

ya man im from vb i went to kellam and i used to watch him play and wow what a player he was

[@naburba]

The thing about Iverson is he's a tough, durable SOB with as much heart as anyone. He could have been a Pro Bowl player in the NFL, easily.

[@durant3535]

i couldnt see him as a football player... but he would probably be amazing. he is a great athlete. i would love to watch him play football

[@Trumaust7]

allen iverson is my fav athlete

[@firstborn79]

i played on the same practice field wit Chuck back in the late 80s (aberdeen raiders) and i will tell you all this. chuck is the best highschool athelete i have ever seen. i witness the guy damage high school players when he was 12, playing flanker, tailback, safety, and returns on special teams. he won MVP in that game alone, and that was in 1988. and Bubba would lay the wood like ronnie lott if you ran threw his zone - that is if he did not pick it off.

[@DRSnaping7]

Thanks Dud ! Damm i can´t imagine A.I as a NFL player certainly amazing

[@napata]

He was involved in a bowling alley brawl which got him locked up his senior year. He received clemency from Doug Wilder, the Governor of Virginia at the time

[@BootCampChamp]

he was a beast in highschool

[@JustAnnie2U]

he never injured himself bowling. I went to bethel with him. he was in a fight in a bowling alley and hit a woman over the head with a chair. he went to jail for it and graduated in jail. His mom had to beg for him to go to Georgetown He was a great athlete yes, our quarterback.... we called him Bubba Chuck, for those of us that knew him then.

[@dunkography]

1 OF MY FAVORITE BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND NOW FOOTBALL PLAYERS!

[@Aiforshort]

ALLEN IVERSON IS A Gifted Person ! even in football, i can say he's ''THE ANSWER'' !

[@Dopboyfreshh]

thats what you call TALENT!!!!!

[@2paczfan]

1:28 was goooood

[@bhard14]

He was throwing with such accuracy. Wow!!! I wish LeBron, A.I., and Glen Davis would play just one NFL game just to see how good they would be. And to make it a little fair on them since they haven't done it in so long, we'll let them play the Lions.

[@fattcatt4321]

oh right, ty

[@RollinStones31]

Soccer/Football and Basketball are two unbelievably different sports. Noone can compare the two and both take extreme athletic ability.

[@JNewWG]

One of my favorite basketball players of all time.

[@lilman1001]

Wow...running that fast in pads...7picks....he is a badass athlete in general

[@nealogz]

I wonder why he is a great passer and have the best crossovers.

[@nfs5676]

his footworks are exactly identical as how he does in basketball..... WOW what an athlete

[@dlawrengreen]

I played college RB. I was recruited by a number of big schools. I am still in contact with those coaches. A number of them said Iverson would have played QB for them.

[@heelfan88]

7 interceptions one game is unheard of

[@wreckmastr]

AWSOME

[@stempy7777]

the way he holds the ball, the way he bounces around in the pocket=mike vick-the rocket arm

[@DelamanchaBand]

cool wouldve never guessed that

[@nelsonkane8816]

"Street & Smith's College Football Yearbook" picked Allen Iverson as the pre-season co-national high school football player of the year before his senior year. They went to publication not knowing that he wasn't going to be playing any more high school sports after his junior season. He dominated as a defensive back, kick returner, and all-around QB. Michael Vick starred at all 3 of those positions also in high school. I saw them both.

[@lilmajik1]

Dam Homie In High School U Was The Man Homie

[@waterszappa]

THAT WAS HECTIC never knew iverson played football, man he could NFL

[@AJACKSON888]

Guy has amazing agility - whoa snap!

[@TitansQuarterback16]

TOOOOOOOO NICE and he really isn't that small a guy now he is 6'0 Mike Vick is 6'0 and he is a terrific Quarterback

[@adrianbpj]

i bet steve nash would be cold at quarterback hes got dimes. allen iverson is hella raw at football

[@Davesteve768]

He is the quickest person on earth

[@FERNANDODRAGONS]

HE'S incredible playing basketball and football

[@ramrod20042000]

Great talent! Could have easily been an all-pro defensive back in the NFL.

[@lionzion17]

Yeah, I feel u on that. He was speading it on a little thick!

[@crippla27]

thats cool, bro, i remember scrimmaging Kellam and Princess Anne, Cox hs on the southside, yall had some great teams for real... The Crabbers was always our biggest rival on the peninsula at Bethel, u remember the Old hampton high that used to dominate in the 90's!! they were the shit!

[@alexddie]

7 INTs in one game!?!?! omg that is amazing

[@skist]

This man's athletic gifts were out of this world.

[@ChrisSmoovefan]

pretty good man.

[@AreTeeKay]

Amazing...

[@djnutso]

Looks like he was the answer anywhere and everywhere.

[@zoolanderizzle]

Hey footballinjones, I checked out that trailer "Perfect Effort" it looks pretty tight damn tight dude

[@TheChi2334]

I've met AI before in Virginia hes not like everybody says he is all stuck up..hes actually really cool when u start a conversation with him

[@FE4RCE]

how nice A.I i didnt even know he played football....

[@RyanFloysand]

Great.

[@Buang456]

why is he so fast!! even in football!! ang basketball!! hes so good!! he makes "a way to pass!!" !! yeah!! "allen iverson!! born with speed! and brain!"

[@DVSMinded]

I remember when he played high school football, I used to go with my sister to go see him, cuz they was talking...

[@cruz363]

Allen Iverson is a true athlete

[@skipqtexas]

Nice

[@kopposka11]

1:31 crazy ass pass : D

[@x3t4l]

wow this is sick

[@rome71rome]

this guy is a complete athlete!!!

[@applenjohn20]

when he got into a brawl no one wanted to recruit him anymore george town was one of his few options and they had no football team

[@failmuch]

i didnt know about this omg!

[@GridironStuds]

see a bunch of great high school football player highlight videos at gridironstuds.-com

[@Gatman20]

Awesome...

[@HollowHill17]

Iverson has some good throws... ACE to the reciever

[@riquelme94]

He's a natural sportsman.. He's good at all sports.. :D

[@hendrixrocks70]

allen was sick man

[@PhantomofDB]

Yeah, you are probably right, if it weren't for the bowling alley incident he would possibly be in the NFL. But if it weren't for Gov. Wilder, he would possibly still be in jail for another couple of years. Regardless, cool upload. He was a great FB player.

[@tymmac007]

PRACTICE!!

[@chucksneedmoreland]

he is amazing, from what i see he was playing either SS or CB and he killed that TE (i'm judging from size here) hard core

[@pyrodudewasa]

never new iverson played football and to go with that he played extremely well

[@AceofDlamonds]

lol this cracks me up every time......:33 It takes like 3 defenders to drop him. so intelligent in either sport.

[@ClassickSwagger]

7 ints. In single game, Gabe Lumas did that this season in Arizona! Look his name up.

[@ronaldscott3382]

Allen Iverson was one the best in the state of Virginia and in the peninsula in the early 90's beside Ronald curry and Michael Vick ....but He actually had 6 picks against I.C. Norcom high school in that 92 regional championship game which the record still stands today.

[@ClassickSwagger]

GABE LUMAS From Kingman, AZ had 7 picks in a single game in 2012! That record still stands today as well!

[@Pschoeff10]

Ronald Scott *tied with 6 int's with a dude from powhatan high school in the 70's*

[@mo389]

i thank god for the bowling alley incdent(sorry AI) cuz he my bball inspiration!,and i luv watch him play!,he an amazing sportsman!!!,wow!...TALENT