The gap this year is 16.3, up from 15.6% the previous year, with White student football payers posting a graduation rate of 89.7%, while the rate for their Black counterparts was 73.4%.

In our study, we aggregated 75 opinion polls between 1981 and 2014, and compared the relationship between national pride and football fandom among white and black Americans.

The academic gap between Black and White college football players grew in 2020, report says. By CNN. January 6, 2021. Share.