Very small school. Tough to support a full football team at any time.
This.
Concussion is becoming a big deal too. My local school has plenty of players, but more and more parents are not letting their kids play due to concussion risk and possible long term effects. When a kid was badly concussed in a game last year, several parents pulled their kids from the team.
No problem for a big school, but small schools are going to have more and more trouble fielding a team. High profile stories like Tagovailoa’s injury a couple weeks ago, as well as older players being diagnosed with CTE are going to make it harder.