NFL Cheerleaders

The NFL Cheerleaders enjoy a fair amount of notoriety as professional dancers, models and actresses. They have interesting lives off the field as well!

The most important thing to understand about being a cheerleader for an NFL organization is that cheerleaders represent the company organization and the image that it wants to convey. While there is a great deal of money in sports, cheerleading can often be viewed as a community service organization. Cheerleaders appear all across their state at charity events representing the team organization’s charities. In fact, this has been such an important part of cheerleading that some squads even have a non-performing cheerleading squad that specifically goes around to make appearances on behalf of the organization.

Cheerleaders cheer at home games, but generally do not travel with their team. However, some of the more famous cheerleading squads like the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, travel all over the world making appearances.

Cheerleading, in most cases, does not pay very much if at all. However, for many young women wanting to break into acting or dancing, it is good exposure. Of course some women do it simply because they enjoy it.

The other important thing to know about cheerleading is that it takes a huge time commitment. It is considered a part-time job, and all the NFL squads require that their cheerleaders have full time jobs, be that mothering, being a student or another full-time career.

Surprisingly, there are not a rigid set of requirements to be an NFL cheerleader. Cheerleaders are chosen based on their persona when entertaining. A few squads have cheerleaders who act and sing in addition to dancing, and these cheerleaders go around to various venues and perform. Prior dance experience in not necessary and there is no age requirement and/or height or weight requirement for most teams.

With that said, here are a few consistent prerequisites for women to become NFL cheerleaders:

• Geography: While any girl from anywhere is allowed to try out, you have to be willing to relocate to the local area. The Carolinas are the exception, but regardless of where you’re from, you have to be able to get to practice.

• Time: Being an NFL cheerleader is a huge time commitment.

• Full-time job elsewhere: All squads require that you have a full time job elsewhere.

• Age: For most squads, the minimum age is 18. Ages range from 18 to 42. The average age of an NFL cheerleader is 25.

• Education: All squads require that you have a GED or high school diploma.

• Dance: Formal dance training is actually not a prerequisite. However, since most of the squads are dancing squads, you do have to be able to learn a routine and perform it.

• Height/Weight: There are no height and weight requirements. However, you have to be in excellent physical shape. Rehearsals are three to four hours long two to four times per week, and cheering through an entire football game takes a lot of stamina. Some teams do have a height to weight ratio requirement, but this was implemented to ensure cheerleaders were not becoming too skinny.

Here is a comprehensive listing of NFL Cheerleader squads as well as pertinent facts.

• The Baltimore Ravens are a precision dance team and stunt team. The squad is made of both male and female cheerleaders.

• The Cincinnati Ben-Gals are a precision dance team.

• The Buffalo Jills cheerleaders are a precision dance squad. They also have Ambassador Jills who are non-performing cheerleaders that help answer the numerous requests for professional appearances.

• The Minnesota Viking Cheerleaders are a volunteer squad that dances at home games as well as appears at events on behalf of the Minnesota Vikings organization.

• The Houston Texans Cheerleaders are a dance squad that perform at home games.

• The Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders are a dancing and community activist squad.

• The Jacksonville Jaguar ROAR are both a dance squad and community service organization that participates in charity events throughout Florida.

• The Tennessee Titan Cheerleading Squad are a dance and community service squad.

• The Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders are a performing dance squad.

• The Top Cats are the cheerleading squad for the Carolina Panthers. They focus on a variety of dance styles for home games and selected charity and corporate events.

• The Saintsations are the professional cheerleading squad for the New Orleans Saints.

• The Tampa Bay Buccaneer Cheerleaders perform during home games and community events. They are considered one of the elite squads among the NFL squads.

• The Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders are a show team that dances and performs for home games and various events.

• The New England Patriots Cheerleaders are a performance squad.

• The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders are perhaps the best known NFL cheerleading squad.

• The Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders are a performing squad.

• The Washington Redskins Cheerleading squad is the longest running cheerleading squad in the NFL.

• The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders are a dance team and community service organization.

• The Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders cheer on the sidelines, perform dance routines and also perform a variety show for area events.

• The Oakland Raiderettes are also known as an elite squad.

• The San Diego Charger Girls are a dance squad.

• Arizona Cardinal Girls cheer and perform during games. In addition, some of the girls from the cheerleading squad comprise a show team available for corporate events.

• The San Francisco Gold Rush is the cheerleading squad for the San Francisco 49ers and is an internationally acclaimed team.

• The Seattle Seahawks Sea Gals perform dance routines and also have a variety show.

• The St. Louis Rams Cheerleaders are a performance dance group that performs during games.

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