Ever see an NFL player dunk the football over field goal post after a touchdown?
Ever wonder how high that goal post is….?
While watching a football game yesterday, we had this wonder, so we wanted to find out. We did a little bit of research and here is what we found:
Well, it is 10 feet high at the crossbar. So, the player is jumping just as high as a basketball goal, but an NFL player is carrying 20 pounds of extra equipment and padding.
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