Do NESCAC-school minimum academic standards typically vary by sport?

The 3.3 UW GPA and 1120 SAT for Bowdoin sound quite low even for a football recruit. From my experience, my son was above that and was a fairly strong Bowdoin football recruit but was still a stretch to get thru Admissions even with the coaches support and a slot. We were told informally early on by a coach that they had heard 1150 was the very bottom but they were not supposed to say that. Obviously a school like Bowdoin also factors in the strength of classes taken, APs, etc… I also know that it is a combo of grades and athletic ability and Bowdoin is struggling a bit for football.