The best advice from parents in the football recruiting process
Over the two and a half years that I have been running this site, I have had an opportunity to do question and answers with a number of outstanding families. I did these after they wrapped up the football recruiting process so that they could look back on what they saw and learned. One of [...]
What happens on a football official visit from the eyes of parents
This is a look at an official visit from the eyes of a mother and what she thought about the entire experience. Before getting underway with the questions, let me state a few things about the situation. Her son received a scholarship offer for football from a BCS school during the summer and he ended [...]
Is the football recruiting process stressful?
With Signing Day 2009 getting closer and closer, it is really getting to crunch time for football recruits across the country. This is for players at all levels, including those look at Division I-AA and Division II schools. I had a chance to catch up with a number of recruits that are looking at scholarship [...]
Talent outweighs character everyday in the athletic recruiting process
In the past, I have written articles about what college coaches are searching for during the recruiting process. It doesn’t matter the sport because talent trumps everything. If you are talented enough, it doesn’t matter if you are an evil person. A college coach will take a chance with you if you can play. And [...]
What happens on an official visit for a football recruit from the eyes of an athlete
This article was written by George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated and I found it posted on a message board (Click here for that article). In the article, wide receiver Marvin Jones from California (Class of 2008) does a player diary throughout the course of an official visit to California. This is a good look at [...]
Preparing for the eyeball test from college coaches during the football recruiting process
College coaches throughout the country are currently making the rounds at high schools across the State. It doesn’t matter if these colleges are Division I to Junior College, many of these coaches will likely be descending to your school in order to find out more information about you and your teammates. And although it is [...]
I am a junior in the football recruiting process with interest and no scholarship offers. What should I be doing in November (Part Two)?
This article is continued from Monday. Please click here to see part one now. Now go back and take a look at all the correspondence that you have received from college coaches. Obviously at this stage in the football recruiting process, it will only be letters, questionnaires, and camp invites (you can just throw the [...]
I am a junior in the football recruiting process with interest and no scholarship offers. What should I be doing in November (Part One)?
With it already being late November, I am going to assume that your season is behind you. If you are in-season, focus on finishing up the year and then worry about the football recruiting process. The last thing you want to do in the playoffs is hurt the chances of your team by traveling and [...]
The importance of fallback schools during the athletic recruiting process
If you had read the articles where I talked about how you should consider all of your options during the athletic recruiting process, this is going to be another story along those lines. But there is no doubt that this article pertaining to fallback schools does have some major relevance. What is a fallback school? [...]
My son won’t call back Division III football coaches. Will that hurt him and what should I do?
In one of the best all time comments on Recruiting-101, I had a parent ask some serious questions about calls from college coaches. Here is what she said: “My son is getting loads of calls from DIII schools and a few from DII. I have almost threatened to disown him if he doesn’t return the [...]