While the football program always practices together as one team, the JV team plays a separate Wednesday schedule that allows younger players a chance to gain experience and sharpen their skills. The JV team aims to compete hard, improve each week, and prepare to contribute at the varsity level.

Suffield's junior varsity athletics teams welcome students of all ability levels to experience the excitement and challenge of interscholastic engagement. The goals at this level of sport are focused on amplifying transferable skills, such as teamwork and communication, exposing students to new and different extracurricular opportunities, and enhancing both personal and social growth through participation in team-based competition.