Want to play for SIU football? Here’s your chance

Then-junior tight end John Gardner runs with the ball during Saluki football's annual Spring Game on April 23 at Saluki Stadium. (DailyEgyptian.com file photo)

Then-junior tight end John Gardner runs with the ball during Saluki football’s annual Spring Game on April 23 at Saluki Stadium. (DailyEgyptian.com file photo)

By Jacob Gaertner
August 16, 2016

SIU football will hold walk-on tryouts Monday at Saluki Stadium.

The on-field workout begins at 4 p.m., Saluki Athletics said today.

Saluki football will also have an informational meeting for students interested in trying out at 5:45 p.m. Sunday in the football offices in Boydston Center at SIU Arena.

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Students interested are expected to complete a physical and show proof of insurance before tryouts. They must also be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours.

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For more information about trying out, call the SIU football office at 618-453-3331. PDFs of the tryout forms can be found here.

Staff writer Jacob Gaertner can be reached at [email protected] or at on Twitter @JGaertnerDE.

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