Unofficial football recruiting visits: Should I take them and if so, when?
One of the more popular ways that readers out there stumble upon our websites is by using google and other search engines. One of the most searched phrases that brings people to this site regards unofficial football visits. I can’t really say what makes it so popular but I felt the need to break it [...]
Doing the extra work in order to be a Division I athletic recruit in college
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 [...]
How do I get a Football/Basketball Recruiting Profile on ESPN Scouts Inc./RecruitingNation.com and also get my highlight videos added to my profile?
When looking at Rivals.com, Scout.com, and 247Sports.com, it was a breeze finding contact information and the email addresses needed to contact recruiting experts and get yourself listed in their database of top players. But it was definitely a challenge to find much at ESPN. It may be because they want to keep the database limited [...]
How do I get a Football/Basketball Recruiting Profile on Scout.com and also get my highlight videos added to my profile?
As one of the larger websites that cover prep athletics, Scout.com has a database that includes some of the best athletes throughout the country in a number of different sports. And while it is not the only site doing this, college coaches do look at the database and may use it to find names to [...]
How do I get a Football/Basketball Recruiting Profile on 247Sports.com and also get my highlight videos added to my profile?
24/7 Sports is the newest of the four sites we are profiling but has worked hard to put themselves on the map with the likes of Scout.com, Rivals.com, and ESPN. The good news is that since the site has been around longer, they have made finding contact information much easier. Let me mention that before [...]
How do I get a Football/Basketball Recruiting Profile on Rivals.com and also get my highlight videos added to my profile?
As the largest website that covers prep athletics, Rivals.com has a database that includes some of the best athletes throughout the country in a number of different sports. And while it is not the only site doing this, college coaches do look at the database and may use it to find names to add to [...]
Is it possible to overmarket yourself to college coaches where they become annoyed by you during the athletic recruiting process?
Recently I talked about an athlete who did an excellent job marketing himself to college coaches. This football recruit had put the time in to send out recruiting profiles that included links to his online highlights. As I have said over and over again, this is a great way to get on the recruiting database [...]
Will a Division I college football coach look in another direction because I don’t fit their perfect 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 [...]
Athletic recruiting, obnoxious fans, and anonymously posting on message boards during the recruiting process
There are a lot of good and bad things that have come out of this age of the Internet. The first thing obviously is that without the Internet, a site like Recruiting-101 would have never been created. And without this site, you obviously would be completely lost in the athletic recruiting journey (please note the [...]
Inside Information from a Four Star Football Recruit as rated by Rivals.com/Scout.com
Over the last year, I have had a chance to speak with an outstanding athlete and his father throughout the football recruiting process. With his decision coming in the near future, I thought I might post some of the notes that I have talked about and learned with regards to their recruiting process. In every [...]