ShareBefore going into the meat of the article, please see the older articles where I talked about getting your profile added to each site: Rivals.com | Scout.com | ESPN Scouts Inc. Because having a profile on each and everyone of these sites is 100% free (there are no fees for adding video or doing this [...]
ShareAfter previously writing an article on what you needed to avoid on recruiting highlight videos, I have actually taken some time off writing about this subject. But after recently cutting a number of different tapes, I saw a lot of things that I thought needed to be mentioned. With junior football players across the country [...]
ShareWith a ton of question coming in week after week, we decided it was a great time to put together another mailbag from Recruiting-101. These are real question by families trying to navigate through the athletic recruiting process. If you have questions, please add a comment to this article and we will consider using it [...]
ShareFor whatever reason, one of the most popular searched phrases on this website earlier this year was if scholarship offers come in January. So with that in mind, we are going to take a look at the type of football scholarship offers would come in February. This includes the age and why these schools may [...]
ShareThere is one thing that I have always been adamant about when talking about the football recruiting process. That is dealing with football recruiting combines. These combines are held throughout the country and give athletes a chance to compete with some of the best athletes in your area. There are some that are great and [...]
ShareThere have been some interesting comments on a few of the recent columns related to what it means when a college coach visits the high school of a potential athletic recruit. One reader felt that if a Division I college coach flew to your school, then you had it “in the bag.” Another poster had [...]
ShareIn the football recruiting process, there are some major differences between schools at the Division I-A level (BCS) and Division I-AA level (FCS). These differences are something to think about long and hard before trying to receive the scholarship offer that you are longing for. Schools at different levels offer at different times and their [...]
ShareI haven’t talked about it all that in-depth but I played college sports for all of my four college years at the Division III level. There was very little recruiting because I played on a very good high school team, averaged very little stats, and basically didn’t know what I was during throughout the recruiting [...]
ShareWhen talking about football camps during the summer months, I have mentioned the importance of going to just one day of camp at a number of different places. The reason is to save money, time, and get to more camps along the way. I have stressed this and will continue stressing this to readers simply [...]
ShareI recently had a chance to email the father of an athlete a number of questions related to the football recruiting process that his son had just completed. His son is in the Class of 2010 and plays in a very small start that receives little recognition by colleges throughout the country. But instead of [...]