Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville on football recruiting
Bryan Matthews of AuburnSports.com/Rivals.com had a chance to speak with Auburn head football Tommy Tuberville during the month of July. While Tuberville cannot obviously comment on specific recruits, he was able to talk about early commitments, what goes into the recruiting of an athlete for football, and a whole lot more. This is a free [...]
Advice for football players this fall
Before going into this article, I still think that it is crazy that the fall is already here and college and prep football teams are already underway. While it was a great spring and summer, time went by extremely quick and that means football is kicking off in 2008. Before I know it, the winter [...]
SAT/ACT Scores of Big Ten Football Recruits
In one of the more interesting articles that I have read in terms of recruiting, the Star Tribune (Based out of Minnesota) compiled a list of eight Big Ten schools (Michigan, Northwestern, and Penn State did not respond) and the average ACT scores that their football recruits had for the Class of 2008. These athletes [...]
How do I help myself in football recruiting when attending college camps?
With this being August and football camps in the rear view mirror for the summer, this article may be coming out a little late. But being able to help yourself at football camps does apply if you will be attending football camps in the future. Because little will change for the most part regarding these [...]
Intangibles during the athletic recruiting process
ESPN posted an article written about Bill Conley of Scouts, Inc. that talked about the importance of intangibles during the recruiting process. While I agree with everyone that he mentioned during the article, I will be talking about each one in my own opinion and also adding a few more intangibles to the list as [...]
Marketing scholarship offers during the athletic recruiting process
We recently had a comment from a parent who sits in a very desirable situation. Even though his son is just entering his junior year of high school, he already holds two early scholarship offers. What that means is his son has already gotten off to a great start in the recruiting process. But with [...]
Can you focus on the recruiting process and the football season at the same time?
If you read about any of the athletes throughout the country that have made their college decision within the last few weeks, a major thing that stands out when they talk about it is that they wanted to be able to focus on their senior season of football. And in many cases, the high school [...]
Will a Division I college football coach overlook me because of my height?
In the land of football recruiting, there is little doubt that college coaches at the Division I level are looking for the prototypical sizes out of players at each position. They know what height they are looking for at quarterback, offensive tackle, defensive back, and every other non special teams positions (I have to admit [...]
NCAA updates ruling on social networking websites with regard to athletic recruiting
On July 24, 2008, the NCAA decided that it needed to update their policy with regards to social networking websites. With sites like Facebook and MySpace so popular, it is not very difficult for a college coach to find a potential recruit through that system. That would then make it extremely easy to contact them, [...]
Doing the extra work to be a Division I athletic recruit
Going back in time to a place that seems like twenty years ago, I can freely admit I had little idea of the recruiting process. I rarely got off the bench in basketball as a junior and still had thoughts that there was potential for me to play at the Division I level. While size [...]