ShareThere was an excellent story going around over the last a few years back regarding a recruit by the name of Jonathan Davis. What has happened in his recruitment is the perfect example of how quickly things can change in the football recruiting process. Davis had thought he ended the recruiting process early when he [...]
ShareI have stressed the importance of taking The Five Steps to a Scholarship every month that I have been running this site. I assume most readers of the site have checked them out before but they are the keys to getting yourself evaluated by college coaches. But with the small amount of college scholarships at [...]
ShareWhen 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 [...]
ShareWhen 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 [...]
ShareWhen 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 [...]
ShareBecause 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 [...]
ShareA parent was kind enough to shed some light on the current football recruiting situation of his son recently. Just to give a little background, the athlete has spent his life playing tight end and that is what he will be playing at the college level. But during his senior season, the high school changed [...]
ShareWhile seniors are finishing up the recruiting process and trying to figure out where they will be playing in college, for those juniors out there, many are wondering what exactly they should be doing at this point in the recruiting process. If you have logged extensive varsity playing time and have stats, then you can [...]
ShareOne 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 [...]
ShareObviously the theme over the last few days on this site has been about Signing Day 2012. We know football recruits throughout the country have made and will make decisions in order to sign on February 1st, 2012. But even the best laid out plans sometimes get thrown for loops this late in the process. [...]