The days leading up to Signing Day for football recruits can be stressful
Because football recruiting is a game and college coaches have to have backup options, if you are an undecided prospects, things will really heat up right before Signing Day. There could be so much going on that you could get multiple calls from a variety of different schools. These schools may have never sent mail [...]
The ten biggest factors in a college decision for athletic recruiting
With Signing Day 2010 almost here, high school athletes will be signing their Letters of Intent and in the process finalizing a college decision. If anyone questioned that their verbal commitments meant much, it will be signing this National Letter of Intent that makes things completely official. We have decided to put together the top [...]
Athletic Scholarship breakdown – Percentage versus dollar amount
One of the most interesting things about football scholarship is that outside of the Division I-A (BCS) level, college coaches can offer any percentage of a scholarship to athletes. Hypothetically you could brag about your scholarship offer and the school really is only offering you $500 or it could be 10% of your tuition. But [...]
10 things to do if you are a senior football recruit and DO NOT have a scholarship offer
The top football recruits across the country will be signing their Letters of Intent shortly. But not all readers of this site are the lucky seniors who have offers in hand. So with that in mind, we take a look at ten things that a senior football recruit should be doing if they do not [...]
Recruiting-101 Reader Mailbag #1
There is no doubt that the people who come to this website are ones with questions about what they should be doing in the athletic recruiting process. And while we won’t be able to help every individual situations, we are going to try putting together a mailbag from the questions that readers have posted in [...]
Would you seriously consider a school who came in with a last minute scholarship offer during the athletic recruiting process?
Obviously the theme over the last few days on this site has been about Signing Day 2010. We know football recruits throughout the country have made and will make decisions in order to sign on February 3rd, 2010. But even the best laid out plans sometimes get thrown for loops this late in the process. [...]
The garbage that college coaches can pull late in the athletic recruiting process and what you can to do to combat them
When talking about scholarship offers from college coaches, it is very important to know that regardless of the situation, you may have one today and it may be gone tomorrow. The coaching staff may decide to go in another direction and apparently is not worried about giving you a warning. This is very scary for [...]
Should you wait on your high school coach to make your recruiting highlight video?
When requesting recruiting highlight videos from athletes, one thing I often hear from them is that they are waiting until their coaches get done putting it together. For families where money is an issue, this is probably a smart thing to do. But for those who have college programs requesting tape, it may be smart [...]
Q&A with a Parent Part 2: What happens with football recruiting during a coaching change in December?
When an athlete accepts a Division I scholarship offer for any sport, they feel strongly that this is the school that they want to spend the next four or five years of their life at. And while some may decommit and eventually pick another program, the majority of athletes stay strong to their word when [...]
Countdown to Football Signing Day 2010: Having the major I love vs. majors that I could end up liking
Signing Day 2010 is around the corner and many senior football recruits have relied on Recruiting-101 to help them during the process of being evaluated and earning a scholarship offer. And with some seniors about to make a decision, we are going to spend the week taking a time to look at some very vital [...]