Each program has different rules for how they like to award football scholarships and how they evaluate players. The most important thing to understand is that every college football team has more players than scholarships. Coaches use scholarships to try and get the best players for the most important positions on the team. The rest of the roster is full of players who are known as walk-ons, meaning they are part of the team but not receiving an athletic scholarship. Because each division level is different, the breakdown is as follows.