Snoop Dogg Says His Youth Football League Produced 12 NFL Players, Doctors, A Rhode Scholar & More 

Snoop Dogg is celebrating the success of his youth football league nearly two decades after founding the non-profit organization in 2005. 

The Death Row Records boss opened up about the talented youngsters who joined the SYFL program and shared some of their accomplishments during a conversation on Tubi’s new show, Nick Cannon’s Big Drive. According to Snoop, a dozen kids went on to play in the NFL while others chose different career paths.  

“We got 12 kids in the NFL, we have 100 in division 1, we expecting to put out three or four this year to the NFL. We have over 100 in high school about to graduate in the next two years. We’re doing our part,” Snoop explained. 

He continued, “We have a Rhode scholar, some lawyers, some doctors, police officers. A lot of different kinda kids that come out of my league and with us being able to get into their lives from a different perspective.” 

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Snoop Dogg founded SYFL in 2005 as a non-profit to give inner-city kids the chance to play football and cheer while also emphasizing the importance of academics. The league serves children between the ages of five and 13. 

C.J. Stroud Gives Snoop Dogg His Flowers

SYFL alum and Houston Texan star quarterback C.J. Stroud recently praised Snoop Dogg, calling him “one of my biggest role models and a mentor of mine since being young.” The West Coast icon coached Stroud while he was in middle school, and they still share a close bond. 

“He used to invite us to his house and things like that,” Stroud explained in a January interview with PEOPLE. “That goes a long way. It just seemed like it is more than where you come from. There’s a lot more to life and he showed us that… So definitely really appreciative and grateful for Coach Snoop and everything that he’s done.” 

During an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show last month, Snoop Dogg said Stroud makes him feel like a “proud father.”  

“He’s so positive,” Snoop Dogg said. “That’s what I like about him is that he’s pushing a different narrative than a lot of these other guys in the league. He’s pushing a real narrative of spirit love and just being a voice of positivity.”