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Do you need a highlight video to be recruited by Division II & Division III schools?

Posted by admin | February 25, 2010 .

There is no doubt in my mind that if you want to play college football at the Division I-A/BCS or Division I-AA/FCS levels, you need to put together a recruiting highlight video to showcase your skills.  There are occasional exceptions but I would say over 90% that end up with scholarships [...]

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More on football highlight videos, recruiting highlight videos, and highlight DVDs

Posted by admin | February 17, 2010 .

After 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 [...]

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Should you wait on your high school coach to make your recruiting highlight video?  

Posted by admin | January 24, 2010 .

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 [...]

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I played out of position on the football field and have little footage for a highlight tape. What should I do for recruiting purposes?

Posted by admin | January 3, 2010 .

A 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, [...]

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I am a senior and a a college football program has requested film but hasn’t called. Where do they sit?

Posted by admin | December 16, 2009 .

This is a very interesting scenario.  The athlete that was mentioned above seemed to completely focused on basketball and continuing his career there at the college level.  But after not signing in the fall, this player now has more options as to what sport he wants to play.
He hasn’t received much [...]

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Quit waiting around to distribute your highlight video and other excuses during the football recruiting process

Posted by admin | December 14, 2009 .

When speaking with a number of high school athletes, the ones who don’t seemed thrilled with how the football recruiting process is going for them always seems to make excuses when I ask them about what schools are recruiting them.  As I have said before, I don’t care who is recruiting [...]

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I am a senior in the football recruiting process without any offers but I have interest. What should I be doing in November (Part Two)?

Posted by admin | November 11, 2009 .

This article has been continued from Monday.  Please click here to see the first part of the article.
The reason why this doesn’t happen until later is because these smaller schools don’t really start evaluating the process until after their season ends.  They have more time on their hands and they usually [...]

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Getting your highlight video done shortly after the season is vital during the football recruiting process

Posted by admin | November 10, 2009 .

With football seasons across the country wrapping up, most athletes and families use this time to relax and take a breather from a busy fall.  Yes the goal is to be playing for a State title but only a select amount of teams and prep players get that opportunity.  The end [...]

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I am a senior in the football recruiting process without any offers but I have interest. What should I be doing in November (Part One)?

Posted by admin | November 9, 2009 .

I have to say that I assume that a good portion of the football recruits out there reading this are in this exact situation.  They currently are scholarship-less but have recruiting interest from a variety of schools.  Those programs still have not pulled the trigger in offering a scholarship and [...]

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How long after I sent my highlight video to a school should I wait before contacting them during the recruiting process

Posted by admin | November 6, 2009 .

This question was posed recently in a comment on one of the recent articles on this site.  Again, I am happy to help athletes and families during the athletic recruiting process so feel free to comment on any specific areas that you may be curious about.  This is a great question, [...]

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